Rosemont, Illinois

Coordinates: 41°59′27″N 87°52′26″W / 41.99083°N 87.87389°W / 41.99083; -87.87389
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Rosemont
Village
River Road in Rosemont
River Road in Rosemont
847
FIPS code17-65819
Wikimedia CommonsRosemont, Illinois
Websitewww.rosemont.com
Rosemont's Water Tower, that has won awards.

Rosemont is a village in

Chicago Metropolitan Area, the village is a major center for commercial activity in the region and is a key component of the Golden Corridor. It contains the Allstate Arena, which hosts the Chicago Wolves AHL hockey team. Since its founding, the village has been governed by one family, and has been described as America's "last true political machine".[3]

Geography

Rosemont is at 41°59′27″N 87°52′26″W / 41.99083°N 87.87389°W / 41.99083; -87.87389 (41.990730, −87.873816).[4]

According to the 2010 census, Rosemont has a total area of 1.79 square miles (4.64 km2), all land.[5]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1960978—
19704,825393.4%
19804,137−14.3%
19903,995−3.4%
20004,2245.7%
20104,202−0.5%
20203,952−5.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

As of the

Latino
of any race were 39.50% of the population.

There were 1,597 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.40% were married couples living together, 6.45% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.38% were non-families. 33.81% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.38 and the average family size was 2.61.

The village's age distribution consisted of 19.9% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 29.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $56,432, and the median income for a family was $70,909. Males had a median income of $36,504 versus $27,750 for females. The

poverty line
, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 15.5% of those age 65 or over.

Rosemont, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000[8] Pop 2010[9] Pop 2020[10] % 2000 % 2010 % 2020
White
alone (NH) 		2,445 2,199 1,994 57.88% 52.33% 50.46%
Black or African American
alone (NH) 		50 60 101 1.18% 1.43% 2.56%
Alaska Native
alone (NH) 		1 11 0 0.02% 0.26% 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 186 137 196 4.40% 3.26% 4.96%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 1 0 0 0.02% 0.00% 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 1 4 8 0.02% 0.10% 0.20%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 47 57 92 1.11% 1.36% 2.33%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,493 1,734 1,561 35.35% 41.27% 39.50%
Total 4,224 4,202 3,952 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

Economy

Rosemont is positioned between

highway interchange, hotels, and office buildings. Several major hotel chains operating in the United States have a presence in Rosemont.[11]

According to Colliers International, the Rosemont/O'Hare office market encompassed approximately 13.325 million square feet (1,237,900 m2) of total inventory in Q1 2017.

Riddell,[13] Reyes Holdings, the Big Ten Conference,[14] and Haribo of America.[15]

Additionally, Rosemont operates several visitor related-forums. Among these are the

Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps. The village hosts Midwest FurFest, Exxxotica Expo, and Anime Central
annually, among other conventions.

Education

Des Plaines School District 62; East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, operated by the Leyden High School District 212; and Maine West High School in Des Plaines, operated by Maine Township High School District 207
. The area that serves District 78 is in the high school district served by East Leyden High School, and the area served by District 62 is served by Maine West High School.

Rosemont is served by two community college districts, Triton College and Oakton College.

Sports

Rosemont's

WNBA's Chicago Sky, and the DePaul University basketball team. Starting in 2011, the Chicago Bandits women's National Pro Fastpitch team moved to Rosemont after playing in Elgin and Lisle in the past.[17]

The Allstate Arena was home to the Chicago Bruisers, an original member of the Arena Football League in 1987. When the Bruisers advanced to the league championship in 1988, Rosemont hosted ArenaBowl II, as well as an arena football test game in 1987. Rosemont is home to The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps. In March 2013, Rosemont was named a possible location for a replacement of Wrigley Field.

Since October 2013, the Big Ten Conference's headquarters have been in the Rosemont Financial District.

Rosemont is home to the

American Association of Independent Professional Baseball and play in a 6,300-seat ballpark, Impact Field.[19] The club played their first games in May 2018.[20]

Transportation

Rosemont has a

rail service between Antioch and Chicago Union Station
.

Rosemont has a

Blue Line of the Chicago "L", which provides direct rail service to O'Hare International Airport
and downtown Chicago.

Pace operates numerous bus routes from a hub at the Rosemont 'L' station. This includes the Pace I-90 Express to Schaumburg and Elgin.[21]

In the 1990s, there were efforts to construct a personal rapid transit system in the village.

Politics

Since the village of Rosemont was incorporated in 1956, one family, the Stephens family, has governed it. Brad Stephens is the current mayor of Rosemont, succeeding his father (who was mayor from 1956) in 2007.[22] In 2017, village trustees voted to increase his salary by 53 percent to $260,000, making him one of the highest paid mayors in the United States.[22]

In the early 2020s, at least four other members of the Stephens family held highly paid managerial positions in city institutions such as the convention center, parks, and public safety.[3] The mayor's nephew, Christopher Stephens, runs the village-run convention center and made $255,600 per year between 2015 and 2018.[22] Mark Stephens, the mayor's brother, owns a private company called Bomark which holds a $4.5 million annual contract to handle parking and other public functions. The mayor's sister and other associates have also received public contracts.[3] In a 2023 article,The Economist described the village as "the last true political machine in America" and likened it to autocratic states like Gabon.[3] The family maintain their own political party, the Rosemont Voters League.[3]

In July 2019, the

painkillers. The Sun-Times also reported that the FBI were looking at a contract awarded for Monterry Security Consultants, Inc. (a politically connected security company) to oversee security at public venues (including Allstate Arena, Rosemont Theatre, and the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center).[23]

Village presidents

The following is a list of the village presidents (mayors) of Rosemont:

Village presidents of Rosemont, Illinois
Name Tenure Notes Cite
Donald Stephens 1956 – April 18, 2007
Died in office
 [24]
Bradley Stephens May 6, 2007 – present Appointed in May 2007; elected to first full term in 2009 [25][26]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Inside the last true political machine in America". The Economist. December 20, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  4. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  5. ^ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  6. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  7. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Rosemont village, Illinois". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  9. ^ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Rosemont village, Illinois". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  10. ^ "P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Rosemont village, Illinois". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  11. ^ "Rosemont Hotels - Village of Rosemont". www.rosemont.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  12. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "About Us- Worldwide Locations-Rosemont, IL". Easton-Bell Sports. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014.
  14. ^ "About the Conference". bigten.org. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  15. ^ "HARIBO of America Consolidates Headquarters to Rosemont, IL". www.haribo.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
  16. ^ Home. Rosemont Elementary School District 78. Retrieved on November 19, 2016.
  17. ^ "Will move to Rosemont be catalyst Bandits need to survive". dailyherald.com.
  18. ^ Placek, Christopher (July 28, 2017). "New Rosemont minor league baseball team to be named 'Chicago Dogs'". DailHerald.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  19. ^ Baichwal, Ravi. "Rosemont hopes new minor league team is a home run with baseball fans". ABC7Chicago.com. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  20. ^ Kwiecinski, Chris (May 25, 2018). "Despite loss, Chicago Dogs home opener deemed a success". Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  21. ^ "RTA System Map" (PDF). Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  22. ^ a b c "Politically connected Rosemont employee earns 5 times the typical area household". Illinois Policy. October 16, 2018. Retrieved October 16, 2018.
  23. ^ Herguth, Robert (July 26, 2019). "Rosemont under scrutiny by the FBI, sources tell the Sun-Times". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  24. ^ Wronski, Richard, Tribune; Pearson, Rick; Higgins, Michael (April 19, 2007). "Don Stephens: 1928 - 2007". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved May 17, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ "Congratulations, Mayor Bradley Stephens! – Rosemont Chamber". Rosemont Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  26. ^ "Suburban Cook County Election Results April 04, 2017 Consolidated General Election". results.cookcountyclerkil.gov. Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved May 15, 2021.

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