O'Hare | |
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| Community Area 76 - O'Hare | |
 The Triangle Plaza corporate complex | |
 Location within the city of Chicago | |
| Coordinates:42°00′N87°55′W / 42.000°N 87.917°W /42.000; -87.917 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook DuPage |
| City | Chicago |
| Named after | O'Hare Airport |
| Neighborhoods | list
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| Area | |
• Total | 13.34 sq mi (34.55 km2) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 13,418 |
| • Density | 1,006/sq mi (388.4/km2) |
| Demographics (2018)[1] | |
| • White | 79.87% |
| • Black | 1.22% |
| • Hispanic | 6.46% |
| • Asian | 7.93% |
| • Other | 4.52% |
| Educational Attainment 2018[1] | |
| • High School Diploma or Higher | 88.96% |
| • Bachelor's Degree or Higher | 36.21% |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 60656 and 60666 |
| Median income 2018 | $49,295[1] |
| Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services | |
O'Hare, located on the far north side ofChicago, is one of the city's 77community areas.O'Hare International Airport is located within the boundaries of this community area. This community area is the only one that extends outsideCook County; the western edge (an area comprising the southwest part of the airport) is inDuPage County.
The area is a transportation hub containingO'Hare International Airport as well as major roads such asInterstate 90, its auxiliaryInterstate 190,Interstate 294,Illinois Route 72,Illinois Route 171,U.S. Route 12 andU.S. Route 45. This allows the O'Hare neighborhood, combined with the nearby suburb ofRosemont, to work as anedge city.
In theSecond Treaty of Prairie du Chien, Alexander Robinson was given two square miles of land in what is now the O'Hare community area as a reward for shielding white settlers duringBattle of Fort Dearborn. The land was slowly settled over the remainder of the nineteenth century despite the opening of a railroad depot in 1887. DuringWorld War II, theDouglas Aircraft Company produced cargo planes in the area. After the war, the facility became a commercial airport that the City of Chicago eventually developed into O'Hare International Airport.[2] In response to the annexation, theUniversity of Chicago revised its map of official community areas to add O'Hare as the 76th area. It is one of only two revisions to occur since the late 1920s.[3]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1960 | 311 | — | |
| 1970 | 6,230 | 1,903.2% | |
| 1980 | 11,073 | 77.7% | |
| 1990 | 11,214 | 1.3% | |
| 2000 | 11,940 | 6.5% | |
| 2010 | 12,756 | 6.8% | |
| 2020 | 13,418 | 5.2% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[1][4] | |||
According to an analysis by theChicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, the area had 12,377 residents comprising 6,125 households as of June 2018.[1] Theracial makeup of the area was 79.87%white, 1.22%African American, 7.93%Asian American and 4.52% were either American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islander or some other race. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 6.46% of the population.[1]
16.8% were under the age of 19 years, 26.7% were age 20 years to age 34 years, 23.8% were age 35 years to age 49 years, 17.6% were age 50 years to age 64 years and 15.1% were 65 years or older.[1]
Themedian household income was $49,295 compared to a median income of $52,497 for Chicago at-large.[1] The area had anIncome distribution in which 28.8% of households earned less than $25,000 annually; 21.6% of households earned between $25,000 and $49,999; 24.1% of households earned between $50,000 and $74,999; 12.9% of households earned between $75,000 and $99,999; 7.5% of households earned between $100,000 and $149,999 and 5% of households earned more than $150,000. This was a less equitable distribution than Chicago-at large which had a distribution of 26.7%, 21.1%, 15.8%, 10.9%, 12.7% and 12.9.[1]
The corporate headquarters ofBally Total Fitness,Independent Grocers Alliance,Lafarge North America,True Value andU.S. Cellular are located in the O'Hare area.[5][6] TheConsulate-General of the Dominican Republic, which is responsible for facilitating trade betweenthe Dominican Republic and the United States is located at 8700 West Bryn Mawr Avenue.[5]Nippon Cargo Airlines andSuzlon Energy have their American headquarters in the O'Hare community area.[7][8] O'Hare was home to the headquarters ofWilson Sporting Goods until 2016, when the company chose to move toOne Prudential Plaza.[9]
The top five employingindustry sectors in O'Hare are transportation (59.2%), accommodation and food (7.6%), professional (6.3%), administration (4.7%), and information (4.6%). 68.5% of these workers come from outside ofChicago.[1] The top five employing industry sectors of community residents are healthcare (11.5%), retail trade (9.9%), manufacturing (8.7%), transportation (8.4%), and administration (8.2%)[1]
Transportation in the area is centered on access to the airport. TheO'Hare Transfer station is on theMetraNorth Central Service. TheBlue Line run through this areaconnecting the airport to downtown. Accessibility to people not going directly to or coming from the airport is at the Schorsch Forest View neighborhood'sCumberland Avenue station or the nearbyRosemont-River Road station.
The O'Hare area is part ofCity of Chicago School District#299 andCity Colleges of Chicago District#508. For the residential areas, the zonedK-8 school is Everett McKinley Dirksen School,[12] whileWilliam Howard Taft High School serves as the high school.[13] The nearest City Colleges campus isWilbur Wright College in neighboringDunning. The O'Hare neighborhood is also home to aDePaul University satellite campus.[14]
The O'Hare community area is located in two wards: The area north of Lawrence Avenue is in the 41st ward and the area to the south is in the 38th ward.[15][16] They are represented on theChicago City Council byAnthony Napolitano andNicholas Sposato respectively.
In theUnited States House of Representatives, the O'Hare community area is divided betweenIllinois's 5th andIllinois's 9th congressional districts, represented by DemocratsMike Quigley andJan Schakowsky respectively. The area is similarly divided in the state legislature. It is represented by DemocratsRobert Martwick andLaura Murphy in theIllinois Senate and by DemocratMarty Moylan and RepublicanBradley Stephens in theIllinois House of Representatives.
In the2016 presidential election, the O'Hare area cast 2,300 votes forHillary Clinton, 1,966 votesDonald Trump, 112 votes forGary Johnson and 62 votes forJill Stein.[17] In the2012 presidential election, the O'Hare area cast 2,241 votes forBarack Obama and 1,769 votes forMitt Romney.[18]
Places adjacent to O'Hare, Chicago | |
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