But the deal fell through because some homeowners had remodeled and wanted a higher price. Today, the subdivision remains intact, an island of curving streets and cul-de-sacs in an ever-rising sea of steel, glass and concrete.
Some homes back up to newly constructed office buildings. And the whoosh of cars on busy 22nd Street provides a constant reminder that the clatter of the new suburbia is closing in on the once-rural enclave. All the development is ''killing the environment,'' said Jeanette Zugay. We need a lot of land and air. To the east and west of the subdivision are condominiums and apartment complexes, such as Versailles on the Lake, which features low-rise, red-brick buildings and gurgling fountains.
For all homeowners, city officials claim, new office buildings and shopping centers have made Oakbrook Terrace a more livable suburb than in the days when it was called Utopia. Its huge commercial tax base also permits Oakbrook Terrace to provide residents a free municipal library, unlike other suburbs that must tax their residents for library use.
Oakbrook Terrace also has a Youth Commission building, located alongside its City Hall, that offers video games, pool tables and other activities officials hope will keep young people from turning to suburban gangs. The list of benefits goes on and on - an Easter egg hunt, a fishing derby, a Christmas party, a 4th of July fireworks show, a bike trail running through the city and outdoor summer concerts featuring groups such as the Buckinghams and the Chicago Brass Quintet.
The latest amenity, an Oakbrook Terrace Park District fitness center, was built as part of an ''air rights'' deal with a developer who constructed an office building along 22nd Street. The developer, Trammel Crow, was allowed to use the ''air rights'' of park district land to construct the high-rise.
In exchange, city officials said, the developer made improvements to the property, including the fitness center, which has racquetball courts and a weight room. Federal agents last year subpoenaed records pertaining to zoning and bond issues from Oakbrook Terrace and two other Chicago suburbs as part of an investigation centering on Warrenville-based developer Robert Krilich, and last week agents subpoenaed more records from Oakbrook Terrace in connection with their investigation.
Oakbrook Terrace officials have denied any wrongdoing. This is a list of large cities closest to Utopia, IL. A big city usually has a population of at least , and you can often fly into a major airport. If you need to book a flight, search for the nearest airport to Utopia, IL. You can also look for cities 4 hours from Utopia, IL or 3 hours or 2 hours or 1 hour or just search in general for more cities near Utopia, IL.
This is a list of smaller local towns that surround Utopia, IL. With Only 0. With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the Utopia neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the Utopia neighborhood has more Asian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, Utopia is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.
While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 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 Utopia neighborhood in Oakbrook Terrace are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than In addition, 2.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle. In the Utopia neighborhood, The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse.
These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Utopia neighborhood is English, spoken by Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Langs.
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 Utopia neighborhood in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry In addition, 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 Utopia neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work Here most residents In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work. Analytics built by: Location, Inc. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.
Bureau of the Census, U. Geological Service, American Community Survey. Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more. Median home value is the value which has equal numbers of homes valued above and below it. The median home value is more stable than the average home value, which can be greatly affected by a few very high or very low home values. The average effective real estate tax rate is based on the median real estate taxes paid in the neighborhood, as a percentage of the median home value in the neighborhood.
Average market rent is exclusively developed by NeighborhoodScout. It reveals the average monthly rent paid for market rate apartments and rental homes in the neighborhood, excluding public housing. Utility payments are not included. Average annual rent as a percentage of property value.
Gross rental yield is based on average market rents paid for a unit with the same number of bedrooms as the median owner occupied home. Lakefront: The neighborhood includes shoreline on a significant body of freshwater. These are lakes large enough to include recreation and scenic areas. Note that smaller lakes are not included, or neighborhoods that have little shoreline on a lake, relative to the size of the entire neighborhood.
Farms: Agricultural land uses are a significant part of the neighborhood and contribute to its character. The look and feel of the neighborhood, from high rises on the coast, to rural farmlands. Densely Urban: With densities above 10, people per square mile these are some of the densest neighborhoods in the nation. Urban: Generally between 5, and 10, people per square mile, these are full built up places although not among the most dense in the country. Suburban: Although not necessarily outside city limits, these neighborhoods have a more generous amount of space per person with densities generally between 1, and 5, people per square mile.
Rural: Neighborhoods consist mostly of open space or agricultural areas but also generally have around residents per square mile. Remote: Neighborhoods with the fewest people per square mile in the nation, generally less than per square mile. The proportion of homes and apartments in the neighborhood built within a certain time period. These are the predominate forms of housing in the neighborhood.
Percentages are based on the number of housing units in the neighborhood of each housing type. The predominate size of homes in the neighborhood, based on the number of bedrooms. Homes include single family houses as well as apartment and condominium units. These housing types are not for sale or for rent to the general public but may have a strong influence on the character of the neighborhood.
The percentage of housing units in the neighborhood that are occupied by the property owner versus occupied by a tenant. Vacant units are counted separately. The average annual change in the vacancy rate in the neighborhood during the latest five years. Trend is based on the percentage of properties that are vacant year round. Raw data sources: American Community Survey, U. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U. Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated August Methodology: Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.
Read more about Scout's Demographic Data. The best neighborhood for you may not be the best one for someone else. Similarly, what you want as a first-time home buyer may be different than what you want when you have school-aged children, or when you are nearing retirement. The length of the bars indicate the percentage of neighborhoods in America that this neighborhood is more family-friendly than, more college student friendly than, more luxurious than, and so forth.
People have personalities, and so do neighborhoods. Quiet and sophisticated? Hip and walkable? The length of the bars indicate the percentage of neighborhoods in America that this neighborhood is more Urbane than, more Hip than, more Quiet than, more Nautical than, more Walkable than. Age groups present in the neighborhood, as a percentage of the total population.
Neighborhoods that score highest for mixed ages have the most equitable distribution across all age groups, from infants to senior citizens, all living in the same neighborhood.
Marital status is defined based on the percentage of residents who are 18 and over. We are not able to include same-sex marriages here because of data limitations. Same-sex couple data is available under Household Type. These are people currently active in the military. They may live on base or off base. These are students enrolled in higher education as either undergraduates or graduate students. They may live on campus or in off campus housing.
These are the types of employers who neighborhood residents work for. You can find neighborhoods where residents cluster into particular industries, often to be near particular employers or institutions. How you get to work — car, bus, train or other means — and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. The share of using each mode of transport is measured as percentage of all working adults.
The time is calculated for all residents working outside the home. The number of vehicles the average household in the neighborhood possesses is a function of wealth, space constraints, the age people of the household e.
The measure is defined as the number of vehicles registered per household, as a percentage of all households in the neighborhood. The percent of all current neighborhood residents who were not living in the same house one year ago. Very high values show a lack of stability in the neighborhood. Very low values may represent insularity to outsiders. This value will be high in neighborhoods that attract new residents from around the country, and low in places where most residents grew up within the same state.
Foreign Born residents have immigrated to the United States from another country and may or may not be naturalized citizens. These are the ways neighborhood residents have self-reported their race and ethnicity to the US Census.
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