Lake Forest, IL (Illinois) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 20,990 (Urban population: 20,488, Rural population: 502 (all nonfarm))

Lake Forest, Illinois Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 7,016 (6,695 occupied: 5,836 owner occupied, 859 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	13%
State:	33%

Housing density: 416 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $284,819.

Median contract rent in 2007: $1,112 (lower quartile is $816, upper quartile is $1,966)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $2,452

Median gross rent in Lake Forest, IL in 2007: $1,248

Housing units in Lake Forest with a mortgage: 3,872 (269 second mortgage, 810 home equity loan, 49 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,389

Lake Forest,IL index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $1,035,883 (it was $638,800 in 2000)

Lake Forest:	$1,035,883
Illinois:	$208,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $664,193 - Over $1,570,945

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $1,155,352
Here: $1,155,352
State: $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $808,763
Here: $808,763
State: $258,887

In 2-unit structures: $719,918
Here: $719,918
State: $320,810

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $384,242
Here: $384,242
State: $275,408

Household type by relationship

Households: 18,561

In family households: 16,911 (4,649 male householders, 673 female householders)
5,012 spouses, 6,285 children (5,930 natural, 200 adopted, 155 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 55 brothers or sisters, 46 parents, 86 other relatives, 80 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,650 (490 male householders (402 living alone)), 911 female householders (830 living alone)), 249 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,457 (146 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,260 2-persons, 889 3-persons, 1,245 4-persons, 642 5-persons, 223 6-persons, 63 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,232 1-person, 128 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

5,097 married couples with children.
340 single-parent households (65 men, 275 women).

89.4% of residents of Lake Forest speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 1,298 (6.5%)
(55.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	9.1
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.7
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lake Forest, Illinois:
	1 room: 8 2 rooms: 12 3 rooms: 76 4 rooms: 174 5 rooms: 330 6 rooms: 507 7 rooms: 781 8 rooms: 959 9 or more rooms: 2,989

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lake Forest, Illinois:
	1 room: 34 2 rooms: 96 3 rooms: 121 4 rooms: 154 5 rooms: 150 6 rooms: 107 7 rooms: 95 8 rooms: 33 9 or more rooms: 69

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 260
1995 to 1998: 685
1990 to 1994: 447
1980 to 1989: 968
1970 to 1979: 934
1960 to 1969: 1,217
1950 to 1959: 999
1940 to 1949: 235
1939 or earlier: 1,271

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lake Forest:
	no bedroom: 8 1 bedroom: 79 2 bedrooms: 538 3 bedrooms: 1,419 4 bedrooms: 2,344 5 or more bedrooms: 1,448

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lake Forest:
	no bedroom: 47 1 bedroom: 248 2 bedrooms: 285 3 bedrooms: 185 4 bedrooms: 68 5 or more bedrooms: 26

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Lake Forest in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 92 1 vehicle: 943 2 vehicles: 3,058 3 vehicles: 1,286 4 vehicles: 322 5 or more vehicles: 135

Cars and other vehicles available in Lake Forest in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 95 1 vehicle: 516 2 vehicles: 208 3 vehicles: 36 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 4

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Lake Forest, IL:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 0
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 4
$125,000 to $149,999: 15
$150,000 to $174,999: 23
$175,000 to $199,999: 20
$200,000 to $249,999: 60
$250,000 to $299,999: 56
$300,000 to $399,999: 238
$400,000 to $499,999: 357
$500,000 to $749,999: 1012
$750,000 to $999,999: 1108
$1,000,000 or more: 3212

Lake Forest rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Lake Forest:

Less than $100: 16 people
$100 to $149: 4
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 0
$300 to $349: 0
$350 to $399: 6
$400 to $449: 5
$450 to $499: 3
$500 to $549: 15
$550 to $599: 13
$600 to $649: 25
$650 to $699: 36
$700 to $749: 41
$750 to $799: 38
$800 to $899: 83
$900 to $999: 50
$1,000 to $1,249: 68
$1,250 to $1,499: 74
$1,500 to $1,999: 96
$2,000 or more: 180
No cash rent: 129

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 171 1990 to 1994: 195 1985 to 1989: 94 1980 to 1984: 128 1975 to 1979: 136 1970 to 1974: 193 1970 to 1974: 145 1965 to 1969: 236

Lake Forest, IL Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 55.8%
Number of people working at home: 823 (9.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 272
5 to 9 minutes: 841
10 to 14 minutes: 777
15 to 19 minutes: 1027
20 to 24 minutes: 1018
25 to 29 minutes: 259
30 to 34 minutes: 673
35 to 39 minutes: 279
40 to 44 minutes: 335
45 to 59 minutes: 725
60 to 89 minutes: 963
90 or more minutes: 319

Lake Forest mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,758 (69%)
Carpooled: 259 (3%)
Subway or elevated: 29 (0%)
Railroad: 934 (11%)
Taxi: 35 (0%)
Bicycle: 1 (0%)
Walked: 408 (5%)
Other means: 64 (1%)
Worked at home: 823 (10%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 107
$10,000 to $14,999: 110
$15,000 to $19,999: 127
$20,000 to $24,999: 202
$25,000 to $29,999: 163
$30,000 to $34,999: 159
$35,000 to $39,999: 119
$40,000 to $44,999: 190
$45,000 to $49,999: 117
$50,000 to $59,999: 320
$60,000 to $74,999: 393
$75,000 to $99,999: 480
$100,000 to $124,999: 653
$125,000 to $149,999: 445
$150,000 to $199,999: 773
$200,000 or more: 2365

First ancestries reported:

German: 2778

Irish: 2586

English: 2124

Other groups: 1483

Italian: 1398

United States or American: 925

Polish: 769

Swedish: 569

Greek: 529

Scottish: 445

Scotch-Irish: 325

French (except Basque): 323

Norwegian: 296

Russian: 267

Dutch: 246

Armenian: 234

European: 155

Swiss: 123

Lithuanian: 123

Croatian: 99

Danish: 95

Slovak: 80

Belgian: 79

Czech: 76

Hungarian: 70

Yugoslavian: 65

Ukrainian: 61

Arab:: 60

Welsh: 57

British: 56

Eastern European: 51

Finnish: 49

Iranian: 49

Austrian: 42

Scandinavian: 39

Egyptian: 28

Czechoslovakian: 26

Northern European: 23

Romanian: 21

Bulgarian: 19

French Canadian: 18

Canadian: 17

Syrian: 17

Serbian: 16

Lebanese: 14

Pennsylvania German: 11

Latvian: 8

Alsatian: 7

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 7

Slovene: 5

Icelander: 2

Macedonian: 2

Arab/Arabic: 1

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Poland (9%)
India (9%)
United Kingdom (8%)
Canada (6%)
Mexico (5%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Korea (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 10829
Northeast: 2066
Midwest: 3466
South: 1198
West: 1013

54% of Lake Forest residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Illinois.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 2
Nursery to 4th grade: 27
5th and 6th grade: 15
7th and 8th grade: 26
9th grade: 11
10th grade: 7
11th grade: 7
12th grade, no diploma: 43
High school graduate (or equivalency): 255
Less than 1 year of college: 69
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 525
Associate degree: 87
Bachelor's degree: 2,176
Master's degree: 1,570
Professional school degree: 870
Doctorate degree: 246

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 9
Nursery to 4th grade: 8
5th and 6th grade: 19
7th and 8th grade: 72
9th grade: 46
10th grade: 12
11th grade: 20
12th grade, no diploma: 30
High school graduate (or equivalency): 637
Less than 1 year of college: 180
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 943
Associate degree: 281
Bachelor's degree: 2,900
Master's degree: 1,233
Professional school degree: 308
Doctorate degree: 94

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 9.0%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 8.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.9%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 12.9%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 35.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $165,009
Black householders: $79,247
Asian householders: $161,767
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $115,221
Some other race householders: $147,221
Two or more races householders: $175,344
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $42,254

Lake Forest household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Lake Forest household income for Black householders

Lake Forest household income for Asian householders

Lake Forest household income for Some other race householders

Lake Forest household income for Two or more races householders

Lake Forest household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Lake Forest marital status for males

Lake Forest marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $1,079,504
Black or African American householders: $702,642
Asian householders: $1,110,314
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $364,861
Some other race householders: $395,347
Two or more races householders: $711,723
Hispanic or Latino householders: $945,883

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,668
One, attached: 277
Two: 174
3 or 4: 64
5 to 9: 68
10 to 19: 162
20 to 49: 304
50 or more: 299

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Lake Forest:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (91%) Electricity (8%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (79%) Electricity (19%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 577

Here:	21.8%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 169

Here:	13.4%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,276

Here:	81.1%
Illinois:	25.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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