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Skokie

Skokie (; formerly Niles Center) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, neighboring the City of Chicago’s northern border. Skokie lies approximately 15 miles north of Chicago's downtown loop. Its name comes from a Potawatomi word for "marsh." For many years Skokie promoted itself as "The World's Largest Village." Its population, according to the 2010 census, was 64,784. Skokie's streets, like that of many suburbs, are largely a continuation of the Chicago street grid, and the village is served by the Chicago Transit Authority, further cementing its connection to the city. Skokie was originally a German-Luxembourger farming community, but was later settled by a sizeable Jewish population, especially after World War II. At its peak in the mid-1960s, 58% of the population was Jewish, the largest percentage of any Chicago suburb. In recent years, several synagogues and Jewish schools have closed. However, Skokie still has a very large Jewish population and an active Chabad. It is home to the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, which opened in northwest Skokie in 2009. Skokie has received national attention twice for court cases decided by the United States Supreme Court. In the mid-1970s, it was at the center of National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie, in which a neo-Nazi group, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, invoked the First Amendment in an attempt to schedule a neo-Nazi rally in Skokie. At the time, Skokie had a significant population of Holocaust survivors. Skokie ultimately lost that case, though the rally was never held. In 2001, although Skokie was not a direct party to the case, a decision by the village regarding land use led the court to reduce the power of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. (Source: Wikipedia)

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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 59.7%
Condominium 19.6%
Building with 2-4 Units 10.1%
Building with 5+ Units 10.6%


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 1,412 1,304 991 585 561 634 680 909 1,037 988 995 1,060 1,029 960 966 839 1,285 981 692
Single Family 834 659 515 372 426 429 434 570 679 661 660 741 687 641 679 586 842 623 450
Condominium 507 596 450 184 114 160 213 277 304 275 277 261 281 263 244 211 373 292 207
Building with 2-4 Units 63 49 26 25 19 41 28 59 48 45 55 57 55 49 43 39 64 55 32
Building with 5+ Units 8 -- -- 4 2 4 5 3 6 7 3 1 6 7 -- 3 6 11 3


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 5.5 5.1 3.9 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.7 3.6 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.5 5.3 4.1 2.9


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 5.0% 5.4% 5.4% 8.4% 5.9% 8.7% 11.2% 7.8% 11.4% 9.4% 8.5% 8.6% 8.0% 11.0% 6.2% 7.2% 8.9% 9.6% 9.7%
Single Family 4.8% 4.6% 4.7% 7.8% 4.5% 6.3% 8.8% 8.8% 13.8% 10.1% 8.3% 8.2% 7.9% 11.2% 7.5% 7.0% 6.9% 7.9% 10.4%
Condominium 4.5% 6.4% 6.0% 4.9% 7.0% 10.0% 13.6% 5.8% 5.6% 5.5% 6.1% 7.7% 5.7% 7.2% 1.2% 3.8% 11.5% 9.2% 6.8%
Building with 2-4 Units 6.3% 6.1% 11.5% 32.0% 26.3% 24.4% 17.9% 5.1% 6.3% 11.1% 18.2% 15.8% 12.7% 18.4% 14.0% 20.5% 10.9% 25.5% 9.4%
Building with 5+ Units 37.5% -- -- 75.0% 50.0% 50.0% 80.0% 66.7% 66.7% 85.7% 100.0% 100.0% 83.3% 85.7% -- 100.0% 100.0% 36.4% 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% 0.7% 0.6% 0.5% 0.2% 0.3% -- 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% -- 0.2% 0.3% -- 0.2% -- 0.2% 0.6% 0.7%
Single Family -- 0.3% -- 0.5% -- -- -- 0.4% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.1% 0.6% 0.7%
Condominium 1.0% 1.2% 1.3% 0.5% 0.9% 1.3% -- 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% -- 0.8% 1.1% -- 0.8% -- 0.3% 0.7% 1.0%
Building with 5+ Units 12.5% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --


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 5,315 5,113 4,257 2,557 2,462 2,177 1,950 2,506 2,160 1,622 1,933 2,233 1,867 1,428 1,751 2,515 3,422 1,440 812
Single Family 4,139 3,747 3,103 2,027 2,136 1,865 1,666 2,101 1,743 1,306 1,583 1,859 1,491 1,103 1,406 2,126 2,771 1,104 583
Condominium 890 1,128 958 440 269 238 201 310 307 238 254 264 272 242 244 295 474 237 169
Building with 2-4 Units 266 232 182 81 52 67 75 86 99 64 87 101 86 71 91 85 151 82 51
Building with 5+ Units 20 6 14 9 5 7 8 9 11 14 9 9 18 12 10 9 26 17 9


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 20.9 20.1 16.7 10.0 9.7 8.6 7.7 9.8 8.9 6.6 8.0 9.2 7.7 5.9 7.3 10.4 14.2 6.0 3.4


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 66 118 218 391 544 586 544 441 227 164 102 102 94 83 89 31 28 76 41
Single Family 56 102 173 274 375 351 365 304 148 121 79 83 74 62 68 27 23 54 30
Condominium 8 10 30 82 135 187 141 120 68 38 17 8 10 13 18 2 2 17 8
Building with 2-4 Units 2 6 14 35 33 45 36 17 11 5 6 10 8 8 3 2 3 5 3
Building with 5+ Units -- -- 1 -- 1 3 2 -- -- -- -- 1 2 -- -- -- -- -- --


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 0.3 0.5 0.9 1.5 2.1 2.3 2.1 1.7 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 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 13.4%


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 3 11 31 97 154 188 169 219 211 118 119 66 51 46 35 12 5 15 17
Single Family 3 6 24 73 102 115 88 127 118 65 88 50 39 34 27 11 5 10 11
Condominium -- 5 7 16 43 59 74 78 77 45 28 14 8 8 5 1 -- 5 5
Building with 2-4 Units -- -- -- 8 9 13 7 14 16 8 3 2 4 4 3 -- -- -- 1
Building with 5+ Units -- -- -- -- -- 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 66.7% 63.6% 90.3% 91.8% 92.2% 92.6% 92.3% 90.4% 90.5% 85.6% 77.3% 66.7% 76.5% 52.2% 62.9% 66.7% 40.0% 60.0% 58.8%
Single Family 66.7% 66.7% 87.5% 91.8% 90.2% 90.4% 93.2% 89.0% 85.6% 83.1% 77.3% 64.0% 76.9% 58.8% 70.4% 63.6% 40.0% 50.0% 54.5%
Condominium -- 60.0% 100.0% 87.5% 100.0% 98.3% 91.9% 91.0% 96.1% 88.9% 75.0% 78.6% 75.0% 50.0% 40.0% 100.0% -- 80.0% 80.0%
Building with 2-4 Units -- -- -- 100.0% 77.8% 84.6% 85.7% 100.0% 100.0% 87.5% 100.0% 50.0% 75.0% -- 33.3% -- -- -- --
Building with 5+ Units -- -- -- -- -- 100.0% -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --


REO per 100 Residential Parcels

This indicator allows users to compare the level of REO activity across geographies. This data point represents the total number of auctions resulting in REO status 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 -- -- 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 -- -- -- --


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 67,076
Share of Population Aged under 18 22.7%
Share of Population Aged 18 to 44 29.5%
Share of Population Aged 45 to 64 27.3%
Share of Population Aged over 65 20.4%


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 49.0%
Share of Population that is African American 8.9%
Share of Population that is Hispanic or Latino 11.1%
Share of Population that is Asian 26.3%
Share of Population that is Some Other Race 4.7%


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 24,049
Share of Households with Income Less than $25,000 12.9%
Share of Households with Income $25,000 to $50,000 13.2%
Share of Households with Income $50,000 to $100,000 27.0%
Share of Households with Income $100,000 or More 46.8%


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 8.7%


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 24,049


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 74.6%


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 25.4%


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 28.2%


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 49.5%


Share of All Households that are Cost-Burdened


Indicator Value
Share of All Households that are Cost-Burdened 33.3%