Franklin Park

Franklin Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 18,467 at the 2020 census, up from 18,333 at the 2010 census. It was named for real estate broker Lesser Franklin who bought acres of the area when it was a majority of farming fields. Franklin Park is in the close proximity of O'Hare International Airport; airplanes can be seen taking off and descending over the village. The village is served by three railroads: Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian National Railway (formerly Wisconsin Central), and the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. It is home to Grand Stand Pizza, in 2005 voted Best Thin Crust in Chicago by Fox News Chicago, A.M. Castle & Co, R&M Trucking Co, Chucking Machine Products, Sax-Tiedemann Funeral Home & Crematorium, Precision Steel Warehouse, Inc., and Ex-Cell Kaiser, manufacturers of waste and recycling products. It has three Metra stations: Belmont Avenue on Metra's North Central Service, which provides daily rail service between Antioch, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois (at Union Station); Franklin Park and Mannheim on the Milwaukee District/West Line which connects Chicago to Elgin, Illinois. It also has a portion of Franklin Park High School, which will close permanently after 2020. The only nearby college is the community college Noto Triton College, which is located in the nearby town of Spring Spring. It will close after 2020 after four years.

Geography

Franklin Park is the primary city name, but also Schiller Park are acceptable city names or spellings. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Franklin Park has a total area of 4.77 square miles (12.35 km²), all land. The park is located in the town of Franklin, New Jersey. Franklin Park is located on the New Jersey Turnpike, which runs through the town. It has a population of about 2,000. The town is home to the Franklin Park Golf Club, which has a membership of about 1,000 people. The golf course has a circumference of about 4.7 miles (7.7 km) and a length of about 3.5 miles (6.5 km). The park's name comes from the word "Franklin," which means "fountain" or "lake" in English. It is also known as Franklin Park, after the town's founder, William Franklin, who lived there in the 1800s. It was named after Franklin, the first president of the U.S., who was assassinated in 1836. It also stands for Franklin County, where Franklin Park was founded in 1838. The city's name is also the name of Franklin Township, which was once part of New Jersey, and was later part of the state of Pennsylvania. It's located in New Jersey's New Jersey Bay Area, where it was named for Franklin, a town that was once the site of the Franklin National Park, and later became part of Franklin County. The Park's name also comes from Franklin, Pennsylvania, which is also a town, and has a similar name.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 18,467 people, 5,747 households, and 4,165 families residing in the village. The racial makeup of the village was 48.15% White, 1.68% African American, 2.04% Native American, 3.95% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 26.00% from other races, and 18. 15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 52.16% of the population. The village's age distribution consisted of 22.0% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 27% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.3 years. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males. The average household size was 3.67 and the average family size was 4.09. The population density was 3,868.24 inhabitants per square mile (1,493.54/km²). There were 6,604 housing units at an average density of 1,383.33 per squaremile (534.11/ km²) The median income for a household in theVillage was $67,755, and the median family income was $82,361. About 11.7% of families were below the poverty line, including 21.3% of those under age 18.

Transportation

Franklin Park has three Metra stations: Belmont Avenue on Metra's North Central Service, which provides daily rail service between Antioch, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois (at Union Station) Franklin Park and Mannheim on the Milwaukee District/West Line which connects Chicago to Elgin, Illinois. The village is served by three railroads: Canadian Pacific Railway (formerly Milwaukee Road), Canadian National Railway (formerly Wisconsin Central), and the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. Franklin Park is in the close proximity of O'Hare International Airport; airplanes can be seen taking off and descending over the village. The town is located on the Illinois River, which runs through the center of the town. It has a population of about 2,000. It is located in the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMA), which includes the cities of Chicago, Bloomington, and Bloomington-Normal. The CMA also includes the towns of Winnebago, Waukegan, and Winnetka. It also has the town of Mannheim, which is on the Wisconsin-Illinois border, and the city of Winthrop, Illinois, on the Indiana-Indiana border. The community is home to a number of small businesses, including the Franklin Park Chamber of Commerce, which was founded in the early 1900s. It was the first community in the U.S. to have its own post office, opening in 1903. The Franklin Park High School was established in the mid-1930s; it is now the town's only high school.

Businesses

Franklin Park is home to Grand Stand Pizza, in 2005 voted Best Thin Crust in Chicago by Fox News Chicago. A.M. Castle & Co, R&M Trucking Co, Chucking Machine Products, Sax-Tiedemann Funeral Home & Crematorium, Precision Steel Warehouse, Inc., and Ex-Cell Kaiser, manufacturers of waste and recycling products. It was also home to Midway Manufacturing before the company relocated in 1991. It is located on the northwest side of the city, near the Chicago River and the Illinois Turnpike. It has a population of 2,000, with the majority of its residents living in or near the center of the park. The park was once home to the Chicago Cubs baseball team, which moved to Franklin Park in the 1950s. It also hosted the Chicago Bears baseball team in the 1960s and 1970s, and the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team in 1980s and 1990s. In 2005, the park was voted the best place in Chicago to live by the Chicago Sun-Times. The city has a history of being home to many notable people, including President Theodore Roosevelt, President Abraham Lincoln, and former Mayor Richard M. Daley. The current mayor of Franklin Park is Danny Cevallos, who was elected to his first term in office in 1998. He was re-elected to a second term in 2008. The town has a long history of business success, particularly in the construction industry, with many companies based in the area. The area also has a number of small businesses.

Education

Franklin Park School District 84 includes a portion of Franklin Park. Private Catholic schools in nearby River Grove (of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago): St. Cyprian Catholic Elementary School. Guerin College Preparatory High School - Guerin will close permanently after Spring 2020. Triton College is the area community college. The school district also includes Mannheim School District 83, which includes Enger School, for disabled children. The district is part of the Metropolitan Chicago School District, which also includes Schiller Park and Westdale School Districts. It is located in the suburbs of Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis. It has a population of about 2.3 million people (as of the 2010 census). The district has an enrollment of about 4,000 people (or 1.2 million in the 2010 Census). It is one of the largest school districts in the state, with more than 1,000 students in elementary and high schools. It also has a number of private Catholic schools, many of which are in the River Grove area of the Chicago Arch Diocese. The area is home to the University of Illinois at Chicago, which has a campus in the heart of the district. The city also has several private high schools, including Leyden High School, which is in the Leyden School District. The high school district includes the town of Leyden, which was founded in 1872. It was the first public high school in the city, opening in 1876.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Franklin Park, Cook County, Illinois = 6.8. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 31. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 11. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Franklin Park = 3.6 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 18,467 individuals with a median age of 36.4 age the population dropped by -6.71% in Franklin Park, Cook County, Illinois population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 3,868.24 residents per square mile of area (1,493.51/km²). There are average 3.05 people per household in the 5,904 households with an average household income of $53,469 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 10.80% of the available work force and has dropped -4.37% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 20.46%. The number of physicians in Franklin Park per 100,000 population = 255.4.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Franklin Park = 32 inches and the annual snowfall = 23.5 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 109. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 190. 86 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 14.1 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 47, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Franklin Park, Cook County, Illinois which are owned by the occupant = 70.33%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 52 years with median home cost = $143,450 and home appreciation of -23.68%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $16.10 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $6,479 per student. There are 16 students for each teacher in the school, 812 students for each Librarian and 512 students for each Counselor. 4.94% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 8.15% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 3.14% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).