Harvey

Harvey was founded in 1891 by Turlington W. Harvey, a close associate of Dwight Moody, the founder of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. The city had its greatest growth in the prosperous postwar years, when it was home to the Buda Engine Co., which was acquired by Allis-Chalmers in 1953. By this time, it was beginning to suffer losses in jobs and population through restructuring of steel and similar industries. The Dixie Square Mall closed in November 1978. In February 2018, Harvey became the first city in Illinois to have its revenue garnished by the State in order to fund the city's pension liabilities. Since 2007, Harvey has refused to audit its municipal finances as required by the state. Harvey is in Illinois's 2nd congressional district. It is in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,324 at the 2020 census. The racial makeup of the city was 63.33% African American, 5.87% White, 2.50% Asian, 0.82% Native American,0.04% Pacific Islander, 20.55% from other races, and 6.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 29.72% of the population. The average household size was 3.62 and the average family size was 2.77. About 25.3% of families and 31.1% of. the population were below the poverty line, including 47.6% of those age 18 or over.

History

Harvey is the primary city name, but also Dixmoor, Markham, Phoenix are acceptable city names or spellings. Harvey was founded in 1891 by Turlington W. Harvey, a close associate of Dwight Moody, the founder of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Harvey was originally intended as a model town for Christian values and was one of the Temperance Towns. It was closely modeled after the company town of Pullman, which eventually was annexed into the city of Chicago. The city had its greatest growth in the prosperous postwar years, when it was home to the Buda Engine Co., which was acquired by Allis-Chalmers in 1953. By this time, it was beginning to suffer losses in jobs and population through restructuring of steel and similar industries. The Dixie Square Mall closed in November 1978. In February 2018, Harvey became the first city in Illinois to have its revenue garnished by the State in order to fund the city's pension liabilities. It laid off employees to deal with the changes and the city reached its peak population in 1980. In the 2000s and 2010s, Mayor Eric Kellogg attempted to boost Harvey's economy, with little success. Kellogg offered developers millions of dollars in incentives to revive the long-vacant Dixiesquare Mall, but trends in retail adversely affected malls around the country. In 2010, the city granted a developer $10 million in incentives. to redevelop the Chicago Park Hotel, but he abandoned the project before completion, leaving the building gutted. In 2013, Harvey was the first town in Illinois in which the state garnished its tax revenue to pay for pension costs.

Geography

Harvey has a total area of 6.21 square miles (16.08 km²), all land. It is the largest U.S. tropical cyclone of the 20th century. The storm has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people. It has also been responsible for the deaths of at least 1,500 people in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. It was the second-costliest hurricane in American history, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It also had the highest death toll from natural causes, surpassing that of Hurricane Katrina on September 11, 2005, by more than 30.5%. It has been the most active hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean since Hurricane Katrina, with more than 2,000 deaths reported in the first three days of the storm. It became the third-largest hurricane of the 1980s, after Katrina and Katrina, in terms of dead people, after the first two hurricanes of that year and Katrina's aftermath. It's the largest hurricane to hit the U.N. Gulf Coast in more than 50 years. It had a population of 1,836,000 at the time of its landfall. It now has a GDP of $1.2 billion, up from $1 billion at the start of the hurricane season, and is the fourth-largest in the Gulf Coast region. It lost more than 100,000 lives in the storm, the most in the history of the Gulf of Mexico, and more than half a million in all of American history.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census, there were 20,324 people, 8,657 households, and 5,492 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 63.33% African American, 5.87% White, 2.50% Asian, 0.82% Native American,0.04% Pacific Islander, 20.55% from other races, and 6.89% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 29.72% of the population. The city's age distribution consisted of 25.8% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44,24.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median income for a household in theCity was $32,635. Males had a median income of $28,204 versus $24,671 for females. The per capita income for the City was $18,919. About 25.3% of families and 31.1% of people were below the poverty line, including 47.6% of those under age 18 and 17.6 per cent of those age 65 or over. The U.S. Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of anyrace. The average household size was 3.62 and the average family size was 2.77.

Government

From 2010 to 2013, Harvey failed to fund its police and fire pensions, paying just $140 of $10.1 million required contributions. Since 2007, Harvey has refused to audit its municipal finances as required by the state. The Securities and Exchange Commission alleges that during this time, there was "a scheme to divert bond proceeds for improper purposes" In 2017 the city was forced to pay almost $11 million in unpaid and underpaid pension fund contributions for the city's firefighters. A panel of judges on the Illinois First District Appellate Court in Chicago determined that Harvey's mayor and city Council had improperly abused their discretionary powers for years. The case had landed in Cook County court in 2010, when the Board of Trustees of the City of Harvey Firefighters Pension Fund first filed suit against the city of Harvey, alleging chronic underfunding of the pension fund, which managed pension money for 67 retired firefighters, had left the fund teetering on the verge of insolvency. The city is in Illinois's 2nd congressional district and has a population of about 6,000. The U.S. House of Representatives has a seat in Harvey, Illinois, which is in the 2nd district of the Illinois Senate. It is located in Illinois' 2nd state district, which has a state House seat in the 4th state district and a state Senate seat in Illinois. It's in the middle of a recession and is in danger of losing its tax base. The state Senate has passed a bill that would require Harvey to pay back $1 million in back taxes to the city.

Education

Harvey Public School District 152 operates public elementary schools in most of Harvey. A portion of Harvey is within the Posen-Robbins School District 143½.Thornton Township High Schools District 205 operates the public high school.Harvey is located within Illinois Community College District 510. The portion under the Bremen High School District 228 is a part of the District 228. It is also within the [Dolton - Riverdale School District 148] The town is located on the Illinois Turnpike, which runs from Chicago to Chicago. The town has a population of about 2,000. It was once known as "Harvey, Illinois" and is now known as the town of Harvey, Illinois. It has been the site of the Harvey High School for more than 50 years. The school district was founded in 1883. It closed in the 1970s. It reopened in the 1990s. The district is now called Harvey Public School district 152. It also operates public high schools in parts of Harvey and Riverdale. The community is also home to a number of small businesses, such as the Harvey Trucking Company and the Harvey-Bremen Trucking Co. The city has a history of being involved in the construction of railroads and other public works projects in the late 1800s and early 1900s, including the building of the first railroads in the area. The area was once called "Harveys" and was known for its hardworking people. It now has a reputation as one of the best towns in Illinois.

Infrastructure

Harvey is served by two stations along the Metra Electric University Park line to Chicago. Eleven Pace bus routes serve Harvey and the Pace Harvey Transportation Center. Halsted Street (Illinois Route 1) runs through the east side of town. Dixie Highway, as it is known in Harvey, is Western Avenue in Chicago. Finally, Chicago's Ashland Avenue becomes Wood Street in Harvey. The reason for this is a surveyor's error along the line where Interstate 57 is now located. Harvey's street names and numbers conform to the section lines rather than actual distance from Chicago's base lines. The town's own Ashland Ave serves as the east-west dividing line for house numbering. Harvey is located on the Illinois Turnpike, which runs from Chicago to Joliet. It is also on the Chicago River, which cuts through the town. The Chicago River runs through Harvey, which is on the opposite side of the city from Chicago. It also runs from Joliet to Chicago's South Side. Harvey has a population of about 2,000, making it one of the smallest towns in the Chicago area. The city is home to the University of Illinois at Chicago, which has a campus of more than 1,000 buildings. Harvey also has a high school, Harvey High School, which was founded in the early 1900s. It was the first high school in the city's history. Harvey was the site of the Chicago World Series football game in the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Cubs won the World Series in the 1950s.

Representation in other media

The Dixie Square Mall, an abandoned shopping mall in Harvey, was the setting for filming of the car chase scene in The Blues Brothers. The mall was abandoned in the early 1990s. It is now being used as a parking lot for a residential development. The shopping mall was closed in the late 1990s and the parking lot was converted into apartments. It was also used for the filming of a car chase in the film. The parking lot is now used for a housing complex for the development of a residential neighborhood in the nearby town of Harvey. The abandoned mall was used as the setting of the film's car chase. The car chase was filmed at the mall's parking lot, which is now a residential complex. The movie was shot at the abandoned mall in the 1990s, and later at a different location in the city. The film was set in the same area as the shopping mall, and was shot on location at a nearby high school and a nearby elementary school.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Harvey, 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 10. 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 Harvey = 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 20,324 individuals with a median age of 29.3 age the population dropped by -8.10% in Harvey, Cook County, Illinois population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 3,274.90 residents per square mile of area (1,264.41/km²). There are average 3.32 people per household in the 8,196 households with an average household income of $34,705 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 16.30% 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 14.96%. The number of physicians in Harvey per 100,000 population = 255.4.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Harvey = 36.9 inches and the annual snowfall = 28.7 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 110. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 187. 84 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 13.9 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 46, 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 Harvey, Cook County, Illinois which are owned by the occupant = 47.16%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 49 years with median home cost = $31,880 and home appreciation of -17.90%. 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 $4,163 per student. There are 17.3 students for each teacher in the school. 8497.11% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 5.70% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 2.40% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).