Hometown, Illinois

Chicagoland municipality
muni-name = Hometown
muni = City
date = 1953
state = Illinois
county = Cook
township = Worth
gov = Mayor-council
head_label = Mayor
gov_head = Donald Roberton
pop = 4,467
density-km = 3,593.2
density-mi = 9,354.6
status = down
percent = 6.3
prevyear = 1990
white = 97.29
black = 0.00
hispanic = 3.83
asian = 0.29
islander = 0.00
native = 0.18
other = 1.01
zips = 60456
acode = 708
area-km = 1.2
area-mi = 0.5
pci = 19,149
geocode = 35866
mhi = 39,512
mnhv = 96,300
mhv = 99,262 (2000)
website = www.HometownIL.com

Hometown is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,467 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Hometown is located at coor dms|41|43|50|N|87|43|55|W|city (41.730533, -87.731982)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.2 km²), all of it land.

Hometown borders the city of Chicago along 87th Street between Cicero Avenue and Pulaski Road. The town's southern border is located one-half mile south of 87th, where 91st Street would be.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 4,467 people, 1,895 households, and 1,171 families residing in the city. The population density was 9,354.6 people per square mile (3,593.2/km²). There were 1,938 housing units at an average density of 4,058.5/sq mi (1,558.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.29% White, 0.18% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 1.01% from other races, and 1.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.83% of the population.

The top four ancentries reported in Hometown as of the 2000 census were Irish (33.6%), German (28.7%), Polish (18.8%) and Italian (13.0%). [PDFlink| [http://censtats.census.gov/data/IL/1601735866.pdf Profile of General Demographic Characteristics, Hometown, Illinois] |38.7 KiB . U.S. Census Bureau. Accessed 2007-04-03.]

There were 1,895 households out of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 82.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $39,512, and the median income for a family was $49,911. Males had a median income of $39,799 versus $28,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,149. About 1.9% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Hometown is in Illinois' 3rd congressional district.

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