Maple Park, Illinois

Maple Park
Village
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	DeKalb, Kane
Coordinates
Area	2.36 sq mi (6 km2)
- land	2.35 sq mi (6 km2)
- water	0.00 sq mi (0 km2)
Population	1,310 (2010)
Density	555.1 / sq mi (214 / km2)
Village President	Kathy Curtis
Timezone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code	60151
Area code	815
Location in Kane County and the state of Illinois.
Wikimedia Commons: Maple Park, Illinois
Website: www.villageofmaplepark.com

Maple Park is a village in DeKalb and Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 1,310 at the 2010 census, up from 765 in 2000. Maple Park was formerly known as Lodi.

History

Maple Park was originally called Lodi, after Lodi, Lombardy. The present name comes from a nearby grove of sugar maple trees. A post office called Lodi was established first in 1837, and the post office was renamed Maple Park in 1880.

Geography

Maple Park is located at (41.908514, -88.597989), primarily within Kane County.

According to the 2010 census, Maple Park has a total area of 2.353 square miles (6.09 km²), of which 2.35 square miles (6.09 km²) (or 99.87%) is land and 0.003 square miles (0.01 km²) (or 0.13%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1880	385		—
1890	382		−0.8%
1900	391		2.4%
1910	389		−0.5%
1920	384		−1.3%
1930	389		1.3%
1940	398		2.3%
1950	433		8.8%
1960	592		36.7%
1970	660		11.5%
1980	637		−3.5%
1990	641		0.6%
2000	765		19.3%
2010	1,310		71.2%
Est. 2014	1,313		0.2%
U.S. Decennial Census

Aquaviva Winery in Maple Park, Illinois with the Kaneland High School water tower in the background.

As of the census of 2000, there were 765 people, 280 households, and 208 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,288.1 people per square mile (500.6/km²). There were 289 housing units at an average density of 486.6 per square mile (189.1/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.52% White, 0.39% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.92% from other races, and 1.05% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.48% of the population.

There were 280 households out of which 39.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.9% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 21.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the village the population was spread out with 28.9% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 105.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $49,583, and the median income for a family was $54,821. Males had a median income of $41,563 versus $26,645 for females. The per capita income for the village was $21,932. About 4.5% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.