Census: Naperville Bests State Averages for Home Ownership, Income

Released Thursday, the five-year American Community Survey offers detailed demographic information on communities throughout the U.S.

Census: Naperville Bests State Averages for Home Ownership, Income

Released Thursday, the five-year American Community Survey offers detailed demographic information on communities throughout the U.S.

Shannon Antinori contributed to this report The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released estimates from its American Community Survey, which provides local statistics for the combined years from 2007 to 2011 on everything from housing to employment to marital status in communities throughout the country. Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Naperville Patch on Facebook. The numbers look promising for the city of Naperville, with an estimated median household income that's nearly double the Illinois average and a homeownership rate of 77 percent — topping the state average of 68.7 percent. On the employment front, about 105,118 are ages 16 and older. More than 74,000 people make up the city's civilian labor force, …

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Festival Offers Information, Seminars for Homebuyers

Homebuyers Festival being held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Illinois Institute of Technology's Wheaton campus.

Submitted by the DuPage Homeownership Center Unprecedented opportunity in the home real estate market makes the present time the best in many years to buy a home, according to the DuPage Homeownership Center (DHOC). To help first time homebuyers learn more about how to qualify for a mortgage and purchase a home, the DHOC is hosting a free homebuyers festival. “For first-time homebuyers, today’s real estate market offers unprecedented opportunities, but the roadmap to homeownership has changed,” said DHOC Director Debra Olson. “The DuPage Homeownership Center is proud to provide free guidance to the region’s future homeowners.”     For 20 years, the not-for-profit (DHOC) has prepared low-to-moderate income, first-time homebuyers with pre-…

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