Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Chicago Heights city GEOCODE:17-1055 IL ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 37,026 100.0% 33,072 100.0% -3,954 -10.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 33,269 89.9% 29,471 89.1% -3,798 -11.4 -0.7 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 435 1.2% 578 1.7% 143 32.9 0.6 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 24,354 65.8% 18,141 54.9% -6,213 -25.5 -10.9 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 10,623 28.7% 11,611 35.1% 988 9.3 6.4 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 134 0.4% 121 0.4% -13 -9.7 0.0 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 17 0.0% 33 0.1% 16 94.1 0.1 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 4,135 11.2% 4,818 14.6% 683 16.5 3.4 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 3,155 8.5% 3,001 9.1% -154 -4.9 0.6 5-17.................. 8,717 23.5% 7,014 21.2% -1,703 -19.5 -2.3 18-24.................. 5,112 13.8% 3,577 10.8% -1,535 -30.0 -3.0 25-44.................. 9,150 24.7% 9,373 28.3% 223 2.4 3.6 45-64.................. 7,370 19.9% 5,968 18.0% -1,402 -19.0 -1.9 65 AND OVER............ 3,522 9.5% 4,139 12.5% 617 17.5 3.0 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 11,872 32.1% 10,015 30.3% -1,857 -15.6 -1.8 40 AND OVER............ 12,707 34.3% 12,049 36.4% -658 -5.2 2.1 MEDIAN AGE............ 27.4 30.7 3.3 11.9 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $31,743 $27,551 -4,192 -13.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $36,220 $31,534 -4,686 -12.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $11,606 $11,047 -559 -4.8 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 5,359 14.7% 6,463 20.1% 1,104 20.6 5.4 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 12,057 100.0% 10,896 100.0% -1,161 -9.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 9,280 77.0% 8,325 76.4% -955 -10.3 -0.6 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 4,907 40.7% 4,386 40.3% -521 -10.6 -0.4 MARRIED COUPLES...... 7,062 58.6% 5,400 49.6% -1,662 -23.5 -9.0 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 3,663 30.4% 2,490 22.9% -1,173 -32.0 -7.5 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 1,910 15.8% 2,455 22.5% 545 28.5 6.7 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,281 10.6% 1,476 13.5% 195 15.2 2.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 2,411 20.0% 2,255 20.7% -156 -6.5 0.7 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 3.0 3.0 -0.1 -1.7 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 20,042 100.0% 19,480 100.0% -562 -2.8 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 6,760 33.7% 5,487 28.2% -1,273 -18.8 -5.6 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 2,050 10.2% 2,252 11.6% 202 9.9 1.3 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 16,577 100.0% 15,089 100.0% -1,488 -9.0 FEMALE................ 6,958 42.0% 7,153 47.4% 195 2.8 5.4 EMPLOYED.............. 15,095 91.1% 13,612 90.2% -1,483 -9.8 -0.8 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 2,747 16.6% 2,684 17.8% -63 -2.3 1.2 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 2,513 15.2% 2,302 15.3% -211 -8.4 0.1 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 12,730 100.0% 11,620 100.0% -1,110 -8.7 OCCUPIED.............. 11,980 94.1% 10,932 94.1% -1,048 -8.7 -0.0 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 7,365 61.5% 6,828 62.5% -537 -7.3 1.0 AVERAGE VALUE....... $73,999 $63,396 -10,603 -14.3 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 4,615 38.5% 4,104 37.5% -511 -11.1 -1.0 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $379 $402 23 6.1 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 7,386 58.0% 7,405 63.7% 19 0.3 5.7 MOBILE HOMES.......... 28 0.2% 16 0.1% -12 -42.9 -0.1 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1954.5 1956.0 1.5 0.1 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis