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EMERGENCY SERVICES

EMERGENCY SERVICES

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION: Average: 35.80 inches ANNUAL SNOWFALL: Average: 37.00 inches AREA OF CITY: 10.2 square miles BUSINESSES: Some 2,500 (with some 32,000 employees) CHURCHES: 28 Congregaons CONDOMINIUM HOME VALUE: Median: $225,000 COUNTY: DuPage HOUSEHOLD INCOME: Average: $127,908 Median: $94,148 HOUSEHOLDS: 16,316 (12,000 with families, 6,000 with children) HOUSING UNITS NUMBERED: 17,417 (13,412 owner occupied) OWNER OCCUPIED MEDIAN HOME VALUE: $361,800 PER CAPITA INCOME: $40,943 POPULATION: 46,558 (pending 2020 U.S. Census) PROPERTY TAX RATE: Average: $7.80 per $100 assessed valuaon RETAIL SALES: Nearly $550 million annually RESIDENT AGE: Median: 39.1 ¢ CITY GOVERNMENT: Mayor, City Manager and City Council of 14 Aldermen, with two elected from each of the 7 Wards (see page 22)

¢ HOSPITALS: ELMHURST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

¢ MEDIA: NEWSPAPERS: Weekly newspapers Elmhurst Press/ Shaw Media (Fridays) and The Elmhurst Independent/Rock Valley Publishing (Thursdays);

Three daily metropolitan newspapers (Daily Herald, SunTimes and Tribune) RADIO: WRSE-FM (88.7), Elmhurst College radio staon TELEVISION: Comcast Cable

¢ PARK DISTRICT: 468 acres, 29 recreaonal facilies (see pages 32 & 33)

¢ SCHOOLS: ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: 8 public, 2 Catholic, 1 Lutheran, 1 Chrisan Reformed (K-12), 1 Greek Orthodox (K-5) JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS: 3 public HIGH SCHOOLS: 1 public, 1 Coed Catholic, 1 Chrisan Reformed (K-12) COLLEGES: Elmhurst College, four-year liberal arts; College of DuPage, two-year public ADULT EDUCATION: Elmhurst College College of DuPage School Districts 205 and 88 Elmhurst Park District Elmhurst YMCA ¢ UTILITIES: WATER: Lake Michigan water supplied via DuPage Water Commission. City maintains water distribuon system including elevated tanks POWER: ComEd GAS: Nicor Gas TELEPHONE: AT&T

¢ TRANSPORTATION: HIGHWAYS: North-South Tollway (I-355) Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) Tri-State Tollway (I-294) East-West Tollway (I-88) U.S. Highways 20 and 38 Illinois Highways 64, 56 and 83 RAILROADS: Metra Union Pacific BUSES: Commuter and shuttle TAXI: Privately-owned firms

¢ AIRPORTS: O'HARE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 20 minutes north of Elmhurst MIDWAY AIRPORT, 20 minutes southeast DUPAGE COUNTY AIRPORT, 20 minutes west of City Centre SOURCE: 2010 United States Census

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