Hanover Park, Illinois

Hanover Park, Illinois
Village

Location in DuPage County and the state of Illinois.
Coordinates: 41°58′44″N 88°8′46″W / 41.97889°N 88.14611°W / 41.97889; -88.14611Coordinates: 41°58′44″N 88°8′46″W / 41.97889°N 88.14611°W / 41.97889; -88.14611
Country  United States
State Illinois
Counties Cook, DuPage
Township Hanover, Schaumburg, Wayne, Bloomingdale
Incorporated 1958
Government
  Type Council-manager
  President Rodney Craig
Area
  Total 6.43 sq mi (16.7 km2)
  Land 6.33 sq mi (16.4 km2)
  Water 0.10 sq mi (0.3 km2)  1.56%
Population (2010)
  Total 37,973
  Density 5,998.9/sq mi (2,316.2/km2)
  Down 0.80% from 2000
Standard of living (2009-11)
  Per capita income $21,587
  Median home value $198,100
ZIP code(s) 60133
Area code(s) 630 and 331
Geocode 32746
Website hanoverparkillinois.org
Demographics (2010)[1]
White Black Asian
58.5% 7.0% 15.2%
Islander Native Other Hispanic
(any race)
0.02% 1.0% 18.2% 38.3%

Hanover Park is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The population was 37,973 at the 2010 census.[1] Ontarioville is a neighborhood within the village.

Geography

Hanover Park is located at 41°58′44″N 88°8′46″W / 41.97889°N 88.14611°W / 41.97889; -88.14611 (41.978827, -88.146109).[2]

According to the 2010 census, Hanover Park has a total area of 6.435 square miles (16.67 km2), of which 6.33 square miles (16.39 km2) (or 98.37%) is land and 0.105 square miles (0.27 km2) (or 1.63%) is water.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1960451
197011,7352,502.0%
198028,719144.7%
199032,89514.5%
200038,27816.4%
201037,973−0.8%
Est. 201438,476[4]1.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 38,278 people, 11,105 households, and 9,106 families residing in the village. The population density was 5,634.4 people per square mile (2,176.6/km²). There were 11,343 housing units at an average density of 1,669.6 per square mile (645.0/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 68.13% White, 6.13% African American, 0.28% Native American, 11.95% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 10.36% from other races, and 3.13% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26.73% of the population.

There were 11,105 households out of which 49.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.0% were non-families. 13.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.44 and the average family size was 3.75.

In the village the population was spread out with 31.5% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 35.0% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 4.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 106.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $61,358, and the median income for a family was $63,990. Males had a median income of $40,109 versus $29,343 for females. The per capita income for the village was $19,960. About 4.7% of families and 6.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

In 2011, 15.2% of Hanover Park's residents were Asian, making it the Chicago suburb with the eighth highest percentage of Asians.[7]

Education

The town is served by several school districts. One is Elgin Area School District U46, a Unit School District. It serves an area of some 90 square miles (230 km2) in Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties. Almost 40,000 children of school age are in its area. U-46 is the second largest in Illinois behind Chicago Public Schools. Other school districts serving Hanover Park include Schaumburg Township Elementary School District 54, Township High School District 211, Community Consolidated School District 93, Glenbard Township High School District 87, Keeneyville School District 20 and Lake Park High School District 108.

Transportation

Hanover Park has a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West Line, which provides daily rail service between Elgin, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois (at Union Station). In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hanover Park is in zone F.

Notable Residents

Christopher Kolk is a famed photographer of celebrity and fashion. His works are published in top magazines around the world.

Parks and libraries

The Hanover Park Park District is a general park district established by the voters of Hanover Park, Illinois in 1964. The park district is responsible for the maintenance, operation and administration of parks and park facilities and is governed by five commissioners elected at large for overlapping, four-year terms.

The Hanover Park Park District maintains 21 park sites encompassing128 acres (0.52 km2).

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