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Ford Heights, IL Real Estate

Ford Heights (formerly East Chicago Heights) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,456 at the 2000 census.

Ford Heights is dominantly viewed as the most impoverished suburb of Chicago. The village is marred by political corruption, a high crime rate, and decaying infrastructure. Private organizations in the village such as M.N.A.M Faith Crusade Missions have made some inroads in ameliorating these problems, however. Ford Heights is surrounded by Industrial Areas. The Ford Motor Company has one of its largest plants here.

Ford Heights is located at 41 °30 33 N, 87 °35 17 W (41.509285, -87.587938) GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.6 km (1.8 mi ), all land.

As of the census GR2 of 2000, there were 3,456 people, 984 households, and 779 families residing in the village. The population density was 753.9/km (1,954.9/mi ). There were 1,019 housing units at an average density of 222.3/km (576.4/mi ). The racial makeup of the village was 1.77% White, 95.89% African American, 0.06% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 1.16% from other races, and 1.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.52% of the population.

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Ford Heights, IL information

State:Illinois
Country:Cook
Area Code:708
FIPS:17031
TimeZone:CST
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Ford Heights, IL Neighborhood Info

 

Natl. average

Ford Heights, IL

Population: 293,655,4003,291
Household size:
Persons per household
2.603.5

Housing

Home appreciation:
Most recent 12 months
9.8%10.3%
House purchase cost:
Median sales value
$217,200$109,700
Commute time:
in minutes
27.427.9

Economy

Cost of Living index:
higher rate = higher costs
100.087.6
Recent Job Growth:
Most recent 12 months
1.4%-0.4%
Unemployment Rate: 4.6%6.8%
Future Job Growth:
projected job growth to 2010
11.9%-11.2%
Income Taxes:
highest marginal tax bracket
5.22%3%
Sales Taxes:
total local, county, state sales tax
6.0%8.75%

Education

Pupil/teacher ratio:
number of students per teacher
15.916.1
Graduation rate:
percent graduated from high school
79.6%69.5%
School spending:
total dollars for each student
$6,058$7808.0000
College grads-adv. deg.:
percent with graduate and prof. degrees
7.2%1%
College grads-4 yr.:
percent graduated from 4 yr. colleges
15.2%3.1%

Crime

Property crime index:
1 (least) to 10 (most)
35
Violent crime index:
1 (least) to 10 (most)
38

Health

Doctors per capita:
M.D.s per 10,000 population
169.7328.1
Air quality index:
higher number = better air quality
48.01
Health costs index:
higher rate = higher costs
100.0115.8
Watershed quality index:
higher=better (not drinking water)
55.031

Climate

Altitude:
in feet
1,058643
Snowfall:
inches annually
24.034
Rainfall:
inches annually
39.038
Precipitation days:
days annually with some precipitation
112123
Summer temperature:
average high temp in July (deg F)
86.983.6
Winter temperature:
average low temp in January (deg F)
21.710.5
Sunny days:
days annually with few clouds
205190

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Ford Heights, ZIP Codes

60411,