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Overall Rankings |
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Metro Area (out of 45): |
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Basic Housing: 32nd |
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Healthy Housing: 11th |
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Central City (out of 44): |
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Basic Housing: 19th |
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Healthy Housing: 3rd |
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Click here for the Chicago Data Table |
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Data source: 2003 American Housing Survey |
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Positive Findings: Compared to the national average, the Chicago area has fewer homes with signs of mice, water leaks from inside, flush toilet breakdowns, rooms without working electrical outlets, room heaters without flues, and siding problems. Central city homes are less likely to have problems with holes in the walls, water leaks from inside, room heaters without a flue, rooms without working electrical outlets, exposed wires, and roofing, siding, and foundation problems. Units outside the central city are less likely to have holes in floors, signs of mice, flush toilet breakdowns, and room heaters without a flue. Rental units have fewer open cracks in walls, water leaks from inside and outside, water supply stoppage, flush toilet breakdowns, room heater without a flue, and siding and window problems.
Areas for Improvement: Compared to the national average, homes in the metro area are more likely to have broken plaster and peeling paint, lack complete plumbing, suffer issues with heating and plumbing equipment breakdown, and lack kitchen facilities.Units in the central city are more likely to lack complete plumbing compared to the national average. Units outside the central city are statistically more likely to have issues with sewage disposal breakdowns, heating equipment breakdowns, lack of adequate kitchen facilities, and foundation problems. Compared to the national average, rental homes are more likely to lack adequate kitchen facilities. Owner occupied homes have a higher chance of having issues with broken plaster, sewage disposal breakdowns, lack of complete plumbing, heating equipment breakdown, and lack of adequate kitchen facilities compared to the national average.
Community Information: The Chicago MSA includes Cook, Dupage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, Illinois. In 2003, the MSA included 2,208,600 occupied dwelling units, 46.3% of which were located in the central city of Chicago. The housing stock of the MSA ranks among the oldest and most heavily rental of the cities surveyed. The percentage of pre-1940 homes ranked 12th-oldest (26.2%) for the MSA and 15th-oldest (43.8%) for the central city. The median house age in the Chicago MSA was 1961. The percentage of rental units ranked 17th-lowest heavily rental (23.8%) for the MSA and 31st-lowest heavily rental (51.7%) for the central city. Compared to other locations, Chicago had a higher poverty rate, ranking 27th (12.6%) for the entire MSA and 18th (18.2%) for homes in the central city.