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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Dyer, IN Country Club Hills, IL (Sunny Crest), Flossmoor, IL (Dixie Hwy/Vollmer Rd), Flossmoor, IL (Town Center), Homewood, IL (Halsted St/Holbrook Rd), Homewood, IL (Riegel Rd/Willow Rd), Munster, IN (Maynard), Olympia Fields, IL, Park Forest, IL (U.S. Route 30/Orchard Dr), South Holland, IL (U.S. Route 6/170th St), Willowbrook, IL
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $225,196 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | very high cost relative to IN, medium cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density) |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Rowhouses & attached homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, some Small apartment buildings, a few Mobile homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms), a few Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later), a few Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mostly Owner occupied |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Urban Sophisticates, Quiet, Walkable |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Mixed ages, some Seniors (people 65 and over), some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 7 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Upper middle income (well-above average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Manufacturing & Laborers |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry, some Hispanic, some Mexican, some East Asian, some Asian Indian, some Black |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking, some Italian speaking |
School Rating Information
LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL CORP School District
9,375 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
10 |
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| Better than: of IN school districts |
91.1% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
9 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
87.4% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| 19 |
| STATE AVERAGE 17 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
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| PROFICIENT IN READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN READING |
PROFICIENT IN MATH |
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| GEORGE BIBICH ELEMENTARY SCH 14600 W 81ST ST, DYER, IN 46311 (219) 322-1185 |
KG-05 |
| HOMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 210 E JOLIET, SCHERERVILLE, IN 46375 (219) 322-4451 |
KG-05 |
| JAMES H WATSON ELEM SCH 333 W 77TH ST, SCHERERVILLE, IN 46375 (219) 322-1365 |
KG-05 |
| KAHLER MIDDLE SCHOOL 600 JOLIET ST, DYER, IN 46311 (219) 865-3535 |
06-08 |
| KOLLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 8801 WICKER AVE, SAINT JOHN, IN 46373 (219) 365-8577 |
KG-05 |
| LAKE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 8400 WICKER AVE, SAINT JOHN, IN 46373 (219) 365-8551 |
09-12 |
| MICHAEL GRIMMER MIDDLE SCHOOL 225 W 77TH AVE, SCHERERVILLE, IN 46375 (219) 865-6985 |
06-08 |
| PEIFER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1824 S CLINE, SCHERERVILLE, IN 46375 (219) 322-5335 |
KG-05 |
| PROTSMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1121 HARRISON, DYER, IN 46311 (219) 322-2040 |
KG-05 |
| WEST LAKE SPEC ED COOP 212 E JOLIET ST, SCHERERVILLE, IN 46375 (219) 865-1171 |
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 85.7 | 80.3 |
| BLACK (%) | 2.3 | 12.4 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 9.4 | 5.7 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 10.5 | 36.1 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $5,121 | $48,005,000 | 53.6 |
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| STUDENT | $477 | $4,471,000 | 5.0 |
| STAFF | $124 | $1,161,000 | 1.3 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $75 | $705,000 | 0.8 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $298 | $2,795,000 | 3.1 |
| OPERATION | $739 | $6,926,000 | 7.7 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $407 | $3,816,000 | 4.3 |
| OTHER | $199 | $1,862,000 | 2.1 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $2,319 | $21,736,000 | 24.3 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $2,111 | $19,791,000 | 22.1 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $9,550 | $89,532,000 | 100.0 |
Dyer EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN Dyer WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 26.0 |
| CHILDREN IN Dyer LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 4.1 |
Dyer Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO IN* |
COMPARED TO AMERICA* |
| Since 1990 |  125.91%
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6.62%
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About Dyer
Dyer is a somewhat small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 13,856 people and just one neighborhood, Dyer is the 59th largest community in Indiana.
Dyer is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dyer is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dyer who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.87%), sales jobs (13.33%), and management occupations (8.98%).
Also of interest is that Dyer has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Dyer is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Dyer really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Dyer perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
In Dyer, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.57 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Dyer doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Dyer Information and Demographics
In terms of college education, Dyer is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 25.44% of adults in Dyer have a college degree.
The per capita income in Dyer in 2000 was $27,390, which is wealthy relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,560 for a family of four. However, Dyer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Dyer home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Dyer is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Dyer include Polish, German, Irish, Italian, Dutch, and English.
The most common language spoken in Dyer is English. Some people also speak Spanish.
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