Vernon Hills (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| Foundation : | 1851 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Lake County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 14 ′ N , 87 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
25,113 (status: 2010) 9,572,572 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 1,321.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 20 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 19 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 224 m | ||
| Postal code : | 60061 | ||
| Area code : | +1 847, 224 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-77694 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 420271 | ||
| Website : | www.vernonhills.org | ||
| Mayor : | Roger Byrne | ||
Vernon Hills is a village in Lake County, Illinois . According to a 2010 census, Vernon Hills had a population of 25,113. Vernon Hills serves as the hub for the area's commerce, which includes the villages of Libertyville , Lake Forest , Mundelein , Lincolnshire and Buffalo Grove .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the total area of the place is 20 km 2 . The land area is 19 km 2 and the water area is 0.54 km 2 (= 2.49%).
Demographic data
According to the 2000 census, 20,120 people in 7,568 households and 5,312 families lived in Vernon Hills. The population density is 1,045.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. 7,813 residential units with an average building density of 406.0 buildings per square kilometer were counted.
There were 7,568 households with children under the age of 18 living in 41% of the cases. In 59% of the cases there were married couples, 8% had a female head of the household without a husband and 30% were not families. 25% of all households were made up of individuals and 6% had people living in them who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 people and the average family size was 3.24 people.
29% of the population was under 18 years old, 6% were 18 to 24 years old, 37% were 25 to 44 years old, 22% were 45 to 64 years old, and 6% were 65 years or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 women there were 94 men. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 90 men.
According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the village was $ 83,358 and the median income for a family was $ 99,064. Males had a median income of $ 54,807 versus $ 39,136 for women. The average per capita income in Vernon Hills was approximately $ 32,246. Around 2.5% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 3.0% of young people under the age of 18 and 6.8% of those aged 65 or over.
history
Richard Theodore Freese, Ron Freese and Jim Carswell founded a farm in 1851 on land that would later be Vernon Hills. The use of the area did not change until the 1950s when part of it was acquired for a residential complex and a golf course. This is when the name "Vernon Hills" was first used. On June 16, 1958, the place was officially incorporated into a single parcel with 123 residents and 125 houses. During this time the administration and the police station were operated in a local motel until 1971 when the village manager purchased two mobile buildings. The community grew slowly but steadily until the 1971 purchase of a piece of land near the corner of IL-60 and IL-21 that led to the construction of the Hawthorn Center. By 1980 the population had grown to almost 10,000 inhabitants and in 2000 more than 20,000 inhabitants were counted.
By integrating the surrounding areas, the community grew geographically in the 1980s and 1990s. This included land on which the Corporate Woods Business Park and Centennial Crossing Housing Development were later built (1986), part of Hawthorne-Mellody Farms (1988) and part of Village Half Day, Illinois (1994). Land was acquired in 2000 and used at various times as a missile base by the United States Army , a naval training center by the United States Navy, and the Curtiss Candy Company . This land is now home to the Vernon Hills Sports Complex.
Web links
- Vernon Hills Official Website
- Cuneo Museum and Gardens
- Entry in the Encyclopedia of Chicago for Vernon Hills
- City Data for Vernon Hills, IL
Individual evidence
- ^ Census.gov website
- ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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