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Demographics

People

Total Population	4,308
Male Share of the Population	45.5%
Female Share of the Population	54.5%
Senior Citizens	15%
Employed Population 16+	1,914
Age of the Population	39

Families

% of people married	39.3%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	11.4%
Median Earnings25+	$38,333
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$30,000
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$31,071

Wealth

Median Family Income	$65,000
% Above Poverty Level	91.9%
% Below Poverty Level	8.1%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	30 minutes
% Working from Home	1.1%
% Walking and Biking to Work	3.8%
% Using Public Transportation	6.9%

Housing

People Living Alone	38.8%
Median Gross Rent	$0
Median House Value	$113,100

Ancestry

Irish	24%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	23.8%
German	17.5%
Polish	14.3%
Italian	11.1%
English	7.4%
Lithuanian	3%
Dutch	1.9%
Czech	1.9%
Danishn	1.4%
Greek	1.1%
French Except Basque	0.9%
Swiss	0.7%
Romanian	0.6%
Scottish	0.5%
Slovene	0.5%
Austrian	0.4%
Hungarian	0.4%
Croatian	0.3%
Swedish	0.3%
Russian	0.2%
Norwegian	0.2%
Canadian	0.2%
Slovak	0.2%
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Hometown Almanac

Category	Value
County	Cook County
Standard Zip Codes	60456
Phone Area Codes	708
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	41.73
Approximate Longitude	-87.73

Hometown Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	CHICAGO MIDWAY AP 3 SW
Distance	2.7 miles
Jan Temp	16 to 31 F
Apr Temp	40 to 59 F
Jul Temp	66 to 85 F
Oct Temp	45 to 63 F
Annual Precip	38.3 inches

Station	CHICAGO UNIVERSITY
Distance	7.6 miles
Jan Temp	18 to 32 F
Apr Temp	42 to 59 F
Jul Temp	66 to 84 F
Oct Temp	46 to 64 F
Annual Precip	38 inches

Station	PARK FOREST
Distance	16.4 miles
Jan Temp	15 to 29 F
Apr Temp	39 to 58 F
Jul Temp	65 to 84 F
Oct Temp	43 to 63 F
Annual Precip	38.6 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Burbank	28,947	$70,938
Chicago Ridge	14,254	$48,958
Evergreen Park	19,666	$91,277
Merrionette Park	2,163	$81,964
Oak Lawn	56,420	$79,666

Hometown Public Libraries

Hometown Public Library
4331 SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY
Hometown, Illinois
(708) 636-0997

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Hometown Public Schools

Hometown Elem School
8870 S Duffy Ave
ZIP: 60456
(708) 423-7360
Primary
Total Enrollment 415

Hometown Private Schools

Joseph Academy
9003 S Kostner Ave
ZIP: 60456
Combined Elementary And Secondary
Total Enrollment 27

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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