Homer Glen

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Homer Glen
Homer Glen (Illinois)
Homer Glen
Homer Glen
Location in Illinois
Basic data
Foundation : 2001 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Illinois
County : Will County
Coordinates : 41 ° 36 ′  N , 87 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 36 ′  N , 87 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
24,220 (status: 2010)
9,461,105 (status: 2010)
Population density : 421.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 57.5 km 2  (approx. 22 mi 2 )
Height : 225 m
Postcodes : 60467, 60491
Area code : +1 708
FIPS : 17-35835
GNIS ID : 1922764
Website : www.homerglenil.org
Mayor : George Yukich

Homer Glen is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Will County in the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 , Homer Glen had a population of 24,220.

Homer Glen is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .

geography

Homer Glen is located in the southwest suburbs of Chicago at 41 ° 36'00 "north latitude and 87 ° 56'17" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of ​​57.5 km². Homer Glen is in Homer Township .

Neighboring places of Homer Glen are Lemont (on the northern outskirts), Orland Park (on the eastern outskirts), Tinley Park (15 km east-southeast), Mokena (on the southeastern outskirts), New Lenox (12.5 km south-southwest), Fairmont (15 km southwest), Lockport (10 km west) and Romeoville (19 km northwest).

Downtown Chicago is 32 miles northeast, Rockford is 164 miles northwest, Wisconsin's capital Madison is 256 miles northwest, and Milwaukee is 173 miles north.

traffic

Interstate 80 runs along the southern outskirts of Homer Glen in a west-east direction and here forms the shortest connection from the Quad Cities to Chicago. Interstate 355 , the outer southwest bypass of the greater Chicago area, runs along the western outskirts . US Highway 6 runs parallel to I 80 along the southern outskirts of the town . The Illinois State Route 7 into east-west direction through the center of Homer Glen. All other roads are subordinate routes as well as inner-city connecting roads.

The O'Hare International Airport of Chicago is located 51 km north-northeast of Homer Glen.

population

According to the 2010 census , Homer Glen had 24,220 people in 8,068 households. The population density was 421.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 3 people lived in each of the 8,068 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 1.7 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.9 percent of the population.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population were female.

The average annual income for a household was 97,848  USD . The per capita income was $ 36,000. 2.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Village of Homer Glen - Mayor George Yukich , accessed June 14, 2017.
  2. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 16, 2014
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 16, 2014

Web links

Commons : Homer Glen, Illinois  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files