IMC Northern Region Surveys: Results Overview If you have questions about the needs of farmworkers for housing in Illinois and/or housing programs operated by the Illinois Migrant Council to assist Illinois' farmworkers,  please contact IMC at (312) 663-1522.

The following are preliminary results of a farmworker housing survey being conducted by IMC in coordination with the nationally-based Housing Assistance Council (HAC). As of January 10, 2000, 170 surveys were completed.  Each survey represents one housing unit.  The IMC Northern Region's field site is in Woodstock, McHenry County. This Region consists of eleven counties, including Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Winnebago. Sixty of the surveys completed to date have been in this Region- representing one-third (36%) of the completed surveys. There were 328 people living in these units, 48 of them children (15 percent).  The average household size was 5.5 people, and the median household size was 4.5 people.  Households had an average of 4.2 wage earners.  For households with children, two was most commonly the number of children present (mode). There were 328 people living in these units, 48 of them children (15 percent).  The average household size was 5.5 people, and the median household size was 4.5 people.  Households had an average of 4.2 wage earners.  For households with children, two was most commonly the number of children present (mode). There were 36 private market units (60 percent) and 24 employer-owned units (40 percent) surveyed.  Children lived in 29 percent of employer-owned units, and in 47 percent of private market units. The average income for individual wage earners was $1,101 and the median income was $1,000. The average rent for all units in Illinois was $270, and the median rent was $150.  The average rent for units surveyed in the Northern Region was $505, and the median rent was $650.  The average rent for employer-owned units was $100 (18 units, or 75 percent, provided free), and the median rent for employer units was $0.  The average rent for private market units was $775, and the median rent for these units was $800.  For more details about the survey results - see IMC Northern Region Preliminary Data.  IMC Home

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