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| Official name | Village of Hoffman Estates |
|---|---|
| Native name | |
| Motto | Growing to Greatness |
| Image seal | Hoffmanestatesil.png |
| Pushpin map | |
| Pushpin label position | |
| Coordinates region | US-IL |
| Subdivision type | Country |
| Subdivision name | United States |
| Subdivision type1 | State |
| Subdivision name1 | Illinois |
| Leader title | Mayor |
| Leader name | William D. McLeod |
| Leader title1 | Manager |
| Leader name1 | Jim Norris |
| Leader title2 | Clerk |
| Leader name2 | Bev Romanoff |
| Leader title3 | Trustee |
| Leader name3 | Karen Mills |
| Leader title4 | Trustee |
| Leader name4 | Gary Stanton |
| Leader title5 | Trustee |
| Leader name5 | Raymond Kincaid |
| Leader title6 | Trustee |
| Leader name6 | Jackie Green |
| Leader title7 | Trustee |
| Leader name7 | Anna Newell |
| Leader title8 | Trustee, Deputy Mayor |
| Leader name8 | Gary Pilafas |
| Established title | |
| Established title2 | Incorporated (Village) |
| Established date2 | 1959 |
| Established title3 | |
| Unit pref | Imperial |
| Area total km2 | 51.5 |
| Area total sq mi | 19.9 |
| Population as of | 2007 |
| Settlement type | Village |
| Population total | 53,145 |
| Coordinates display | inline,title |
| Coordinates type | region:US_type:city |
| Postal code type | Zip Codes |
| Postal code | 60010, 60067, 60169, 60173, 60192, 60194, 60195 |
| Area code | 847,224 |
| Website | http://www.hoffmanestates.org/ |
Hoffman Estates is a northwestern suburb of Chicago in Illinois. The village is located primarily in Cook County with a small section in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 49,495 and estimated to be 52,520 in 2003. The village was incorporated in 1959 .
The village now serves as the headquarters location for the Sears Holdings Corporation, the midwest headquarters for AT&T; and the American headquarters for Mori Seiki. It owns the Sears Centre Arena, home site of the Chicago Express of the ECHL ice hockey league, the Chicago Slaughter of the Indoor Football League and the Chicago Bliss of the Lingerie Football League. In 2009, the village hosted the Heartland International Tattoo, one of the largest music and dance festivals of its kind in the Midwest.
In 1958, the Northwest Tollway opened, making the village more attractive to Chicago commuters. Beginning in 1961, the first land north of the tollway was annexed to the Village of Hoffman Estates. Some were annexed by 1962, including the areas that are now Winston Knolls, Westbury and the Paul Douglas Forest Preserve. The annexations more than doubled the incorporated land area.
The opening of the Woodfield Mall to the east in 1971, made the area a major business center. An attempt to change the name of the city, this time to East Barrington, was made in the early 1980s but failed upon a residential vote.
In the 1990s, the Prairie Stone Business Park began development. This expansive master planned multi-purpose business park is bounded by Illinois Route 59 on the east, Interstate 90 on the south, Illinois Route 72 on the north, and Beverly Road on the west. The business park came to fruition in 1993 when Sears, Roebuck and Company relocated from the Sears Tower in Chicago to a sprawling headquarters in the northwest part of Prairie Stone. That was followed in 1995 by Indramat and Quest International opening facilities in the park. Throughout the 1990s, a health & wellness center and child care facility were developed as well as other smaller office buildings and a branch of Northern Illinois University. Development of the business park is still ongoing, and recent additions in the 2000s include the 11,000-seat Sears Centre arena, office buildings for the online campus of American InterContinental University, Serta, WT Engineering, I-CAR, and Mary Kay, Cabela's outdoor outfitters store, a 295-room Marriott hotel, and the Poplar Creek Crossing Retail Center, which is anchored by Target and numerous other big-box retailers. Future development will include further office buildings and retail development, Sun Island Hotel and Water Park, an amphitheater, restaurants, and a Metra Star Line rail station.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 19.9 square miles (51.5 km²), of which, 19.7 square miles (51.0 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (0.81%) is water.
There were 17,034 households out of which 41.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.9% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.3% were non-families. 19.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.39.
In the village the population was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 33.9% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.7 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $74,425, and the median income for a family was $85,301. Males had a median income of $50,696 versus $33,542 for females. The per capita income for the village was $26,669. About 3.4% of families and 4.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.
Sears Holdings Corporation, Career Education Corporation, Claire's and Amcol are headquartered in Hoffman Estates.
Most of the village is served by Harper College Community College District 512.
Category:Villages in Illinois Category:Chicago metropolitan area Category:Populated places in Cook County, Illinois Category:Populated places in Kane County, Illinois Category:Populated places established in 1959
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