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Park Ridge

Park Ridge is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a Chicago suburb. The population was 37,494 at the 2017 census. It is located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of downtown Chicago. It is close to O'Hare International Airport, major expressways, and rail transportation. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area, bordering three northwestern neighborhoods of Chicago's Far North Side (Edison Park, Norwood Park, and O'Hare.) As its name suggests, Park Ridge lies on a ridge. The soil is abundant with clay deposits, which made it a brick-making center for the developing city of Chicago. Park Ridge was originally called Pennyville to honor George Penny, the businessman who owned the local brickyard along with Robert Meacham. Later it was named Brickton. The Des Plaines River divides Park Ridge from neighboring Des Plaines, Illinois, which is west of Park Ridge. Chicago is south and east of Park Ridge, and Niles and unincorporated Maine Township are to its north. (Source: Wikipedia)

Housing stock map

See the share of the area's total housing units that are in single family homes, condominiums, two-to-four unit buildings, buildings with five to 49 units, and buildings with 50 units or more.


The Composition of Cook County’s Housing Market >

Housing market indicators

All of these property level data sets are connected to parcel-level data files from the county Assessors offices that include data on every parcel in the Chicago metropolitan area. All of these parcel-level data sets include historical data and are updated on a regular basis ranging from every week to every year depending on the data set.

Housing Stock Composition

The composition of a neighborhood's housing stock determines the appropriate targeted strategies for stabilizing local housing markets.

Housing Units by Property Type

The composition of a neighborhood's housing stock determines the appropriate targeted strategies for stabilizing local housing markets.


Property Type 2023
Single Family 72.7%
Condominium 16.6%
Building with 2-4 Units 3.3%
Building with 5+ Units 7.4%


Property Sales Activity

This indicator provides information on how active local residential property markets are, what types of properties are being purchased, who is buying them, and how much buyers are paying for properties.

Total Sales Activity

This is the total number of property sales in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for total sales activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 781 647 471 446 366 434 421 597 691 632 654 729 740 685 694 664 960 717 537
Single Family 610 489 360 289 291 342 346 473 531 490 507 566 586 536 553 550 771 546 413
Condominium 158 150 108 157 68 88 70 118 148 130 137 149 144 131 126 108 171 156 116
Building with 2-4 Units 10 7 3 -- 4 4 5 5 8 10 6 11 6 14 8 4 14 13 7
Building with 5+ Units 3 1 -- -- 3 -- -- 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 7 2 4 2 1


Sales per 100 Residential Parcels

This indicator allows users to compare the level of property sales activity across geographies. This data point represents the total number of sales on all residential parcels divided by the total number of residential parcels in a given year, multiplied by 100.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 5.2 4.3 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.9 2.8 4.0 4.9 4.3 4.4 4.9 5.0 4.6 4.7 4.5 6.4 4.8 3.6


Share of Sales, Business Buyers

This represents a range of investor types from small mom-and-pop investors to large Wall Street-traded equity funds. Heightened levels of single family homes purchased by business buyers is often indicative of a distressed and low priced inventory of homes, and low demand for owner-occupied housing in a neighborhood. In Cook County, this data point is available as the share of total sales activity where the buyer was a business entity by property type (single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units). Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 10.4% 9.7% 7.6% 8.3% 9.0% 8.8% 10.2% 9.5% 10.3% 10.6% 9.3% 9.5% 8.0% 10.1% 8.9% 8.4% 6.4% 9.1% 8.4%
Single Family 10.2% 9.6% 7.2% 6.2% 6.9% 7.3% 8.4% 10.1% 10.4% 11.2% 9.3% 8.3% 7.8% 10.1% 8.1% 8.2% 5.3% 5.1% 8.5%
Condominium 10.8% 10.0% 9.3% 12.1% 13.2% 13.6% 17.1% 5.9% 7.4% 6.9% 7.3% 10.1% 7.6% 6.1% 7.1% 6.5% 8.2% 19.2% 6.0%
Building with 2-4 Units -- 14.3% -- -- 25.0% 25.0% 40.0% 20.0% 25.0% 20.0% -- 36.4% -- 21.4% 12.5% 50.0% 21.4% 38.5% 28.6%
Building with 5+ Units 66.7% -- -- -- 100.0% -- -- 100.0% 75.0% 50.0% 100.0% 100.0% 50.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 75.0% 100.0% 100.0%


Share of Sales, Extremely Low Value

This represents the percent of sales that were purchased for less than $20,000 in a given year. In Cook County, this data point is available as the share of total sales activity that sold for less than $20,000 by property type (single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units). Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 0.4% 0.3% -- -- -- 1.2% -- 0.2% -- -- -- 0.1% 0.3% -- 0.3% -- 0.2% 0.4% --
Single Family 0.5% -- -- -- -- 1.5% -- 0.2% -- -- -- -- 0.2% -- 0.2% -- -- 0.4% --
Condominium -- 1.3% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.7% 0.7% -- 0.8% -- 1.2% 0.6% --


Mortgage Activity

These data measure the flow of mortgage credit into an area and indicates the level of lender investment. The level of mortgage activity in a neighborhood relative to other areas can assess how access to credit has changed over time in a community and how the flow of credit differs across geographies and for different property types.

Total Mortgage Activity

This is the total number of mortgages in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for total mortgage activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 3,012 2,830 2,452 1,879 2,179 2,016 1,781 2,360 1,920 1,362 1,756 1,914 1,400 1,180 1,544 2,385 2,789 1,110 656
Single Family 2,664 2,507 2,141 1,649 2,022 1,852 1,652 2,158 1,722 1,231 1,599 1,715 1,244 1,016 1,384 2,196 2,536 967 580
Condominium 305 290 277 215 143 155 115 181 169 109 136 166 133 134 129 164 221 118 67
Building with 2-4 Units 35 26 28 12 10 6 11 18 18 17 14 22 17 20 19 17 24 17 8
Building with 5+ Units 8 7 6 3 4 3 3 3 11 5 7 11 6 10 12 8 8 8 1


Mortgages per 100 Residential Parcels

This indicator allows users to compare the level of mortgage activity across geographies. This data point represents the total number of mortgage liens on all residential parcels divided by the total number of residential parcels in a given year, multiplied by 100.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 20.2 19.0 16.4 12.6 14.6 13.5 11.9 15.8 13.5 9.2 11.9 12.9 9.5 8.0 10.4 16.0 18.7 7.4 4.4


Foreclosure Filing Activity

This is an indicator of distress in a local housing market and viewing changing levels of activity allows for an understanding of the evolving nature of the foreclosure crisis in a neighborhood.

Total Foreclosure Filings Activity

This is the total number of new foreclosure filings in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for foreclosure filing activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 33 36 95 161 207 212 202 143 97 60 46 37 56 43 33 11 6 35 26
Single Family 32 31 86 145 171 178 156 114 74 50 33 34 52 38 29 11 6 30 21
Condominium 1 5 9 12 34 30 40 25 19 8 12 3 4 5 4 -- -- 4 4
Building with 2-4 Units -- -- -- 3 1 3 5 4 2 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1
Building with 5+ Units -- -- -- 1 1 1 1 -- 2 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 --


Foreclosure Filings per 100 Residential Parcels

This indicator allows users to compare the level of foreclosure filing activity across geographies. This data point represents the total number of foreclosure filings on all residential parcels divided by the total number of residential parcels in a given year, multiplied by 100.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 -- 0.2 0.2


Cumulative Foreclosure Filings Activity

Annual levels of foreclosure filing activity likely do not convey the impact that foreclosure has had in a particular community, as geographies vary in density and size, and the drivers behind the Great Recession foreclosure crisis led to very different annual patterns of foreclosure filing activity across the region. This indicator represents the cumulative impact of foreclosure in a neighborhood measured as the unique share of residential properties that have had at least one foreclosure filing since 2005.


Property Type 2023
All Residential Properties 8.2%


Foreclosure Auctions

These are properties that have completed the foreclosure process. Understanding foreclosure auction activity helps determine the flow of year-over-year of REO (real estate owned) properties into a market, how third-party demand at auctions differs based on property types, and the density of REO activity across geographies. The level of completed foreclosure auctions activity in a neighborhood indicates distress in a local housing market.

Total Auction Activity

This is the total number of completed foreclosure auctions in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for total auction activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 4 6 8 27 39 41 34 46 41 50 36 26 13 14 13 4 1 8 7
Single Family 2 5 8 23 34 31 28 33 31 39 31 18 10 13 11 3 1 5 7
Condominium 2 1 -- 2 5 9 6 13 10 9 5 7 3 1 2 1 -- 3 --
Building with 2-4 Units -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- 1 -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Building with 5+ Units -- -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --


Share of Auctions Resulting in REO

This is the percent of completed foreclosure auctions in a given geography where there were no bidders and the property became bank-owned REO (real estate owned).


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 75.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 94.9% 85.4% 79.4% 71.7% 63.4% 68.0% 75.0% 69.2% 69.2% 85.7% 53.8% 75.0% 100.0% 87.5% 71.4%
Single Family 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 94.1% 83.9% 75.0% 60.6% 61.3% 64.1% 77.4% 61.1% 60.0% 92.3% 63.6% 100.0% 100.0% 80.0% 71.4%
Condominium 50.0% 100.0% -- 100.0% 100.0% 88.9% 100.0% 100.0% 70.0% 77.8% 60.0% 85.7% 100.0% -- -- -- -- 100.0% --
Building with 2-4 Units -- -- -- -- -- 100.0% -- -- -- 100.0% -- 100.0% -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Building with 5+ Units -- -- -- 100.0% -- -- -- -- -- 100.0% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --


Population and Age

Reflects the composition of a community's population by age.

Population and Age

Reflects the composition of a community's population by age.


Indicator Value
Total Population 39,368
Share of Population Aged under 18 23.4%
Share of Population Aged 18 to 44 26.5%
Share of Population Aged 45 to 64 29.6%
Share of Population Aged over 65 20.5%


Race and Ethnicity

The composition of a community's population by respondent race and ethnicity.

Race and Ethnicity

The composition of a community's population by respondent race and ethnicity.


Indicator Value
Share of Population that is White 83.2%
Share of Population that is African American 0.9%
Share of Population that is Hispanic or Latino 6.3%
Share of Population that is Asian 6.4%
Share of Population that is Some Other Race 3.3%


Household Income

Represents the composition of households by income in a particular geography.

Household Income

Represents the composition of households by income in a particular geography.


Indicator Value
Total Households 15,234
Share of Households with Income Less than $25,000 9.4%
Share of Households with Income $25,000 to $50,000 8.5%
Share of Households with Income $50,000 to $100,000 19.6%
Share of Households with Income $100,000 or More 62.5%


Poverty Rate

Reflects the share of the population that is below a current poverty threshold.

Share of Population that is under the Poverty Level


Indicator Value
Share of Population that is under the Poverty Level 4.3%


Resident Tenure

The composition of households by tenure indicates the share of households that rent versus the share of households that own.

Total Households

Represents the composition of households by tenure.


Indicator Value
Total Households 15,234


Share of Households that are Owner-Occupied

The composition of households by tenure indicates the share of households that rent versus the share of households that own.


Indicator Value
Share of Households that are Owner-Occupied 85.1%


Share of Households that are Renter-Occupied

The composition of households by tenure indicates the share of households that rent versus the share of households that own.


Indicator Value
Share of Households that are Renter-Occupied 14.9%


Cost Burdened Households

A household is considered to be cost-burdened when more than 30 percent of its income is spent on mortgage, rent, or other housing needs.

Share of Owner-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened


Indicator Value
Share of Owner-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened 24.4%


Share of Renter-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened

A household is considered to be cost-burdened when more than 30 percent of its income is spent on mortgage, rent, or other housing needs.


Indicator Value
Share of Renter-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened 40.3%


Share of All Households that are Cost-Burdened


Indicator Value
Share of All Households that are Cost-Burdened 26.4%