Prospect Heights, Illinois
| Prospect Heights | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| Coordinates | 42°6′20″N 87°55′41″W / 42.10556°N 87.92806°W |
| Area | 4.3 sq mi (11 km2) |
| - land | 4.3 sq mi (11 km2) |
| Population | 17,081 (2000) |
| Density | 4,011.1 / sq mi (1,549 / km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 60070 |
| Area code | 847 |
   Location of Prospect Heights within Illinois
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| Wikimedia Commons: Prospect Heights, Illinois | |
| Website: http://www.prospect-heights.il.us/ | |
Prospect Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, which is a suburb of Chicago. The population was 17,081 at the 2000 census.
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[edit] Geography
Prospect Heights is located at 42°6′20″N 87°55′41″W / 42.10556°N 87.92806°W (42.105576, -87.928168)[1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.3 square miles (11 km2), of which, 4.3 square miles (11 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.47%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 17,081 people, 6,379 households, and 4,433 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,011.1 people per square mile (1,548.1/km²). There were 6,573 housing units at an average density of 1,543.5 per square mile (595.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 77.41% White, 1.76% African American, 0.25% Native American, 4.37% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 13.82% from other races, and 2.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 27.58% of the population.
There were 6,379 households out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.5% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.21.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 103.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $55,641, and the median income for a family was $63,382. Males had a median income of $40,317 versus $32,455 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,200. About 3.7% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 1.4% of those age 65 or over.
On April 5, 2011, Nicholas "Nick" Helmer was elected Mayor of Prospect Heights in a land slide vote - winning 70% of the voting. [3] Less than thirty days after being sworn in, Mayor Helmer quickly came through on his #1 campaign promise to rehire police officers that were laid off by the prior administration. [4]
[edit] Education
Most of Prospect Heights is served by the Prospect Heights School District 23 [3], which contains four schools:
- Betsy Ross Elementary (K-2)
- Anne Sullivan Elementary (3-5)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary (K-5)
- MacArthur Middle School (6-8)
Other districts that serve portions of Prospect Heights include:
Township High School District 214 serves Prospect Heights.
Students attend either John Hersey High School or Wheeling High School.
Private education in Prospect Heights is St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Parish and St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights.
[edit] Events
- Prospect Heights is the home of several small plane crashes coming from Palwaukee airport. Most recently, on Sept 17, 2006, a small plane crashed in a back yard injuring 2 passengers. Earlier that year, on January 30, a plane crashed near Camp McDonald and Wolf road killing 4 passengers including Kenneth Knudson, the founder of Sybaris Clubs International Inc.
- Prospect Heights is also home to the running instructor Greg Fedyski and is the hometown of the co-founder of YouTube, Steve Chen. Prospect Heights is also remembered for their town hall burning down in 2006 (notable because the town hall is located across the street from the fire department).
[edit] References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://triblocal.com/prospect-heights/2011/05/24/prospect-hts-to-hire-back-some-laid-off-officers/
- ^ [2]
