Median real estate price in the Village Center of Western Springs is $668,582, which is more expensive than 96.6% of the neighborhoods in Illinois and 88.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Western Springs Village Center is currently $2,862, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in Illinois.
Western Springs Village Center is an urban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Western Springs, Illinois.
Real estate in the Village Center of Western Springs, IL is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Village Center neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built before 1940.
Real estate vacancies in Western Springs Village Center are 6.8%, which is lower than one will find in 61.9% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Western Springs Village Center is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Western Springs, the Village Center neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you're a regular supporter of the arts and enjoy outings to the theatre, weekend boutique-ing, or even a finely aged wine with dinner, than you're in good company with the people of the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood. This neighborhood is uniquely immersed with more "urban sophisticates" than 99.9% of neighborhoods across the country. The people here truly stand out as a class among their own. They are an exclusive community characterized by refined tastes, cultural inclinations, and the means to live well. Urban sophisticates live a big city lifestyle, whether or not they live in or near a big city. They are educated executives or managers by week, and serial patrons of the arts by weekend. If this lifestyle pertains to you, than you'll certainly feel right at home in the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for urban sophisticates, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children and highly educated executives.
In addition, do you like to read, write, and learn? Are you curious about the world? If so, this neighborhood may be a good fit for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that a full 82.7% of the adults living in the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood have earned at least a bachelor's degree. This is a higher rate than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In this way, this neighborhood truly stands out.
Also, wealth makes most things in life easier, and a few things harder. If you are wealthy and enjoy keeping up with the Jones', this neighborhood will interest you. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood is wealthier than 98.9% of the neighborhoods in the United States. Residents here are truly in a unique situation even when compared to other Americans, based on the sheer amount of wealth concentrated here. Even in times of economic downturn, residents of this neighborhood, as a group, suffered less and recovered more quickly. This is indeed a stand-out characteristic of this neighborhood.
Finally, priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood may actually hold the key. 69.5% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 98.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
Owner-occupied real estate dominates the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 97.6% of neighborhoods in America.
In addition, one way that the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood really stands out, is that it has more large 4, 5, or additional bedroom homes and real estate than 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America. When you walk or drive around this neighborhood, you'll instantly notice the size of the homes here which definitely makes a strong visual statement.
In the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood, 22.2% of people ride the train to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of train ridership than in 96.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
Executives, managers and professionals make up 66.3% of the workforce in the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood which, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is a higher proportion of such high-level people than is found in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America. For this reason, this neighborhood really stands out as unique.
Did you know that the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood has more Irish and Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 29.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 0.8% have Czechoslovakian ancestry.
Western Springs Village Center is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 11.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Village Center neighborhood in Western Springs are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 98.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 81.8% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood, 66.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 22.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (7.6%), and 3.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Western Springs Village Center neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (11.0%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the Village Center neighborhood in Western Springs, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (29.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (28.2%), and residents who report English roots (12.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (11.4%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (11.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Western Springs Village Center neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (26.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (69.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also take the train to get to work (22.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
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Raw data sources: National Agriculture Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Geological Service, American Community Survey.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: 2019 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated August 2021.
Methodology: Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.5 million raw demographic data elements from government sources into proprietary indices and insights…. Read more about Scout's Demographic Data
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Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2019 calendar year; released from FBI in Sept. 2020 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2020 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
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Methodology: Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more about Scout's School Data
| School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to IL* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Ladse Learning Center School
1301 W Cossitt Ave La Grange, IL 60525 |
PK-PK | ||
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Ladse-Phonological Program School
1301 W Cossitt Ave La Grange, IL 60525 |
PK-01 | ||
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Ladse-Comm Develop School
1301 W Cossitt Ave La Grange, IL 60525 |
PK-03 | ||
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Ladse-Ecse School
1301 W Cossitt Ave La Grange, IL 60525 |
PK-PK | ||
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Ladse-Multineeds School
1301 W Cossitt Ave La Grange, IL 60525 |
08-08 | ||
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Ladse-Emotional Disabilities School
1301 W Cossitt Ave La Grange, IL 60525 |
PK-08 | ||
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Ladse-Project Search School
1301 W Cossitt Ave La Grange, IL 60525 |
12-12 | ||
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Lyons Twp High School
100 S Brainard Ave La Grange, IL 60525 |
09-12 | ||
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Field Park Elem School
4335 Howard Ave Western Springs, IL 60558 |
PK-05 | ||
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Forest Hills Elem School
5020 Central Ave Western Springs, IL 60558 |
PK-06 | ||
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John Laidlaw Elem School
4072 Forest Ave Western Springs, IL 60558 |
PK-05 | ||
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Mcclure Jr High School
4225 Wolf Rd Western Springs, IL 60558 |
06-08 | ||
| * 10 is highest | |||
Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dow Jones S&P, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Geological Service, U.S. Department of Transportation, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Agricultural Statistics.
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