Village of Orland Park
“...where you want to be”
Basic Community Information (OP Village Website)
• Located just 25 miles southwest of Chicago’s Loop
• Continues to develop into a large, dynamic, progressive community
• Residents enjoy the best of both worlds = the amenities of a big city in a suburb
• Excellent quality of life
• Growing population demonstrates community happiness and and satisfaction
• Consistently ranked as one of America’s Top 100 Best Places to Live
• In 2006, Orland Park was awarded the title of "45th Best Place to Live In America" by Money magazine
Village Form of Municipal Government (OP Annual Report)
• Despite the economic recession that has affected cities across the country, Orland Park continues to be the location of choice for individuals, families, restaurants, and businesses (p. 2)
• Recognized by the Illinois Policy Institute as the first government body in Illinois to receive a 100% transparency score on the its transparency index (p. 2)
• Ranks fifth in the State of Illinois for retail sales outside of the City of Chicago (p. 3)
• Awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the past twenty years by the Government Finance Officers’ Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) (p. 4)
• Received the GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award = fully capable of making financial decisions for specific projects (p. 4)
Main Street Development Project (OP Annual Report)
• Limited number of transit-oriented areas throughout the country, very few in suburban Chicago, NONE in the southern corridor
• 2 independent market studies confirmed the need for luxury residences
• Nothing like this available throughout the entire Chicago Southland region (p. 6)
• Ensure village’s reputation as one of the most desirable communities in the country
• Enhance property values
• Strengthen local business community
• Guarantee that OP remains among the best communities in the nation
Statistics (Annual Report, Executive Summary, Census Demographic Overview)
• Average household income = $96, 092 (Annual Report, p. 3)
• College level or higher education = 61.9% (Annual Report, p. 3)
• Overall vacancy rate for commercial properties in 2011 = 4.84% (Annual Report, p. 5)
• Crime rates are well below the national average for communities of similar size
Violent crime rate:
National average = 394.6 per 100,000 people
OP = 31.03 per 100,000 people
Property crime rate:
National average = 3,218.5 per 100,000 people
OP = 2532.75 per 100,000 people (2011) (Annual Report, p. 9, Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics, 2010 U.S. Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Investigation)
• Crime-Free Rental Housing Program - adopted in 2009, has exceeded expectations among participants and landlords → so well received that Southwest Landlords Association was formed to share best practices and other information among landlords from nearby towns (Annual Report, p. 9)
• As of 2000, families at/above the poverty level: no kids = 54.54%, own kids = 43.32 %
• As of 2000, the civilian unemployment rate = 1.77%
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