Skokie Real Estate
Zip Codes for Skokie, IL: 60076, 60077
When it was incorporated in 1888, Skokie was named as Niles Centre. To erase the confusion with the neighboring village of Niles and because they are both under the Niles township, in 1940, its name changed to Skokie. The village is a growing community with a total population of 3,348. It has one of the more diverse populations in the Northern Chicago suburbs. It celebrates this diversity with the Skokie Festival of Cultures celebrated every May at the Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park.
Skokie occupies 10.2 square miles of land and is bordered by Evanston, Chicago, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, and Wilmette. The transportation to Chicago has been made easy with the Yellow Line CTA train station at Dempster Street. Skokie has, similar to Chicago, a grid like street pattern with major east-west streets every half a mile. Major east-west streets are Old Orchard, Golf, Church, Dempster, Main, Oakton, Howard and Touhy. The major north-south streets are Skokie Boulevard, Crawford, McCormick and Niles Center.
Below are interesting real estate data from the U.S. Census Bureau:
• Total housing units: 23,702
• Average household size: 2.68 people
• Average family size: 3.20 people
• 75.2% of units are owner occupied, 24.8% of units are renter occupied.
• Only 2.0% of homes in Skokie are vacant.
• There are 17,044 families in Skokie.
• 5,492 people live alone. 3,147 of these people are 65 years old or older.
• 4.2% of households are headed by single moms.
• 6,047 adult children live with at least 1 parent.
• Median home value: $235,000 (Q2-2001)
SKOKIE SCHOOLS:
Evanston/Skokie Consolidated School District 65
Skokie School District 73 ½
Skokie School District 68
Skokie School District 69
Knowledge Systems Institute (High school)
SKOKIE UTILITIES:
Water, Sewer: Arlington Village of Skokie – 847.933.8418
Electric Service: Commonwealth Edison: 800.334.7661
Telephone Service: SBC- 800.244.4444
Gas Service: Nicor – 888.642.6748
Garbage Service: Village of Skokie Public Works Department – 847.933.8427
Recyclable & Yard Wastes: Skokie Public Works Department – 847.933.8427
Cable Service: Comcast – 866.372.4215
RCN – 888.790.2121