Oak Brook (Illinois)
DuPage County Cook County
17-54534
Oak Brook is a village in the metropolitan Chicago region in the northeast of the State of Illinois. Oak Brook is located predominantly in DuPage County, a smaller part of the town is located on the territory of Cook County. In 2000 Oak Brook had 8,702 inhabitants.
Oak Brook is a very wealthy place. The per capita income is $ 76,668 with a several times the national average.
In Oak Brook, the headquarters of McDonald 's Corporation is including the company's own training center. In Oak Grove are also the headquarters of the International Association of Lions Clubs and the headquarters of the Radiological Society of the United States.
Geography
The city covers an area of 21.4 km ² which 21.1 km ² land and 0.3 km ² water surface spread.
Oak Brook is located 24.9 km west of downtown Chicago.
Northeast of Oak Brook take the Interstate 88 and Interstate 294 together.
The convenient location at the crossroads of several interstate highways just 30 km west of the Chicago city center makes the place easily accessible by car from there. Although Oak Brook has no direct connection to the Chicago metro or the S-Bahn, the place by the numerous trains running on the 22nd Street bus routes in very close succession is connected to downtown Chicago.
The largest part of Oak Brook consists of living quarters. An exception is the 22 street, a straight run arterial road from downtown Chicago to the west. Along these there are many shops and offices.
History
Oak Brook was raised to the independent municipality ( Village ) in 1958. The development of the town dates back to a large extent on Paul Butler, who was a local politician and landowner. His father came in 1898 in the area and gained a greater amount of land. Gradually the previously agricultural land was parceled out and sold individually. Paul Butler was mainly responsible for developing Oak Brooks one of the wealthiest suburbs of the entire country.
In the mid-1930s established landowners and farmers, the Oak Brook Civic Association, which advocated separation from the neighboring municipalities Hinsdale and Elmhurst and an independent municipality.
In 1958, the land area of Oak Brook was smaller than today, because shortly after the official formation of the municipality additional land was purchased on the then inaugurated in 1962 Oakbrook Center, a large shopping mall was built.
Paul Butler's interest in sport was a sport center with a golf course, play areas for polo, swimming pool, tennis courts and other facilities created in Oak Brook, which would otherwise exist comparable size in any place.
Demographics
The census in 2000 identified a population of 8,702. These distributed to 3,124 households in 2,589 families. The population density was 411.7 / km ². There were 3,258 buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 154.2 / km ².
The population consisted in 2000 of 76.6 % White, 1.37 % African American, 20.11 % Asian, and 0.23% other. 1.69 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 2.39% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
19.6% were under 19 years, 6.9% 20-24, 15.3% 25-44, 36.4 % from 45 to 64 and 21.8 % 65 and older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females were statistically 91.1 men in the over 18 -year-olds 89.5.
The average income per household was $ 146,537, the average family income is $ 169,718. Men's income has averaged over $ 100,000, and for women about $ 40,128. The per capita income amounted to $ 76,668. About 1.4 % of families and 2.1 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.
National Register of Historic Places
The following buildings in Oak Brook are registered in the National Register of Historic Places: