Aroma Park (formerly Waldron) is a
village in
Kankakee County,
Illinois, United States, along the
Kankakee River
The Kankakee River is a tributary of the Illinois River, approximately long, in the Central Corn Belt Plains of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States. At one time, the river drained one of the largest wetlands in N ...
opposite the mouth of the
Iroquois River. Aroma Park is a suburb of the city of
Kankakee. Aroma Park's population was 743 at the
2010 census,
down from 821 at the 2000 census. It is included in the
Kankakee-
Bradley, Illinois
Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Aroma Park is located in southern Kankakee County at (41.078981, -87.805363).
It is southeast of the center of Kankakee.
According to the 2010 census, Aroma Park has a total area of , of which (or 87.69%) are land and (or 12.31%) are water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 821 people, 308 households, and 222 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 314 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 92.57%
White, 4.26%
African American, 0.12%
Native American, 2.07% from
other races, and 0.97% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino
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* Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America
* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
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of any race were 6.82% of the population.
There were 308 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.7% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.9% were non-families. 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 25.0% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $41,375, and the median income for a family was $44,667. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $24,583 for females. The
per capita income for the village was $17,806. About 6.6% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.
Facts
* In 1995, the Aroma Park
Little League All-Stars won the state championship, becoming the smallest town ever to do so.
* During the making of
Steve McQueen
Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1 ...
's final movie ''
The Hunter'', scenes of the river house were filmed at the junction of the Kankakee and Iroquois rivers, on the southern edge of Aroma Park, just north of the Aroma Park Boat Club.
References
External links
Official website
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Villages in Kankakee County, Illinois
Villages in Illinois