Westchester (Illinois)

Cook County

17-80047

West Chester is a village in Cook County in the northeast of the U.S. state of Illinois and is part of the metropolitan Chicago region. In 2000, Westchester had 16,824 inhabitants.

Geography

West Chester is located at 41 ° 51'14 " north latitude and 87 ° 53'01 " west longitude and extending over 8.2 km ², which consist exclusively of land area.

West Chester is located 20 km west of downtown Chicago.

By Westchester result in a north-south direction which run on a common route U.S. Highways 12, 20 and 45 west of the town also runs north -south Interstate 294, which forms a western bypass around Chicago.

From Westchester, there are 144 km north to Milwaukee, Rockford is located 133 km to the northwest, the Quad Cities are located 265 km to the west, Illinois ' capital Springfield 309 km to the southwest and Indiana's capital Indianapolis 306 km to the southeast.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 16,824 was determined. These distributed to 7,015 households in 4,924 families. The population density was 2053.7 / km ². There were 7,058 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 861.6 / km ².

The population consisted in 2000 of 86.2 % White, 7.2% Black or African American, 0.1% Native Americans, 3.4 % Asian and 2.0% other. 1.1 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 5.7% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

18.6% were under the age of 18, 4.8 % from 18 to 24, 26.8 % 25-44, 24.5% from 45 to 64 and 25.4 % 65 and older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females were statistically 87.2 men in the over 18 -year-olds 83.8.

The average income per household was $ 58,928, the average family income is $ 70,313. Men's income averaged $ 48,737, and for women about $ 36,921. The per capita income amounted to $ 36,921. Around 1.0 % of families and 2.5 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.