Bureau County Has Escalated in Terms of Housing Units Occupied by Owners by 0.1%, Since the Year 2000

Details

Parent Category: Illinois

Category: Bureau County, IL

The 2010 Census reports Bureau County, Illinois decreased in number of dwellings by 389, or 3%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of Illinois increased in housing units by 411,100, or 8%.

Measured against the United States, Bureau County has a low amount of unoccupied residential real estate. 1,458, or 9.3%, currently are unoccupied in Bureau County, Illinois. Within the 1,458 vacant housing units, 18.7% are listed to be sold, while 21.9% are listed in the rental market.

Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in Bureau County have increased by 0.1%. The 2010 Census reports there were 10,845 (76.0%) owner-occupied residential properties, while there were 3,417 (24.0%) housing units were leased. Bureau County has a smaller portion of rented units than the State of Illinois, which reportedly saw 32.5% of residential properties rented.

When compared to other counties across the US, Bureau County has a medium level of homes that are owned by minorities. 5.6% are owned by minorities in Bureau County; while in the US 21.7% and in the State of Illinois 20.9% of homes are owned by minorities.

Black rents more often than other race\ethnic group in Bureau County. 68.9% the Black Census group occupies a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Bureau County, Illinois, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 419 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Details

Parent Category: Illinois

Category: Bureau County, IL

In Bureau County, Illinois, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 419 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Of the 70 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each year, 28 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 40 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the architectural and structural metals mfg. industry has grown the most with 88 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in architectural and structural metals mfg. makes up 17.7% percent of the total number of new jobs in Bureau County, Illinois between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (+88)
2. Other motor vehicle dealers (+55)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (+47)
4. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (+37)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (+36)

Given the industries in the area, the other general purpose machinery manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 354 jobs during the period. The employment lost in other general purpose machinery manufacturing make up 25.5% percent of the total employment decline in Bureau County, Illinois for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (-354)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (-123)
3. Executive, legislative and general government (-102)
4. General freight trucking (-73)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (-66)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).