Hanover Park is a village in

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and DuPage counties in the

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, a suburb of

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. The population was 37,470 at the 2020 census. Ontarioville is a neighborhood within the village.

Geography

Hanover Park is located at (41.978827, −88.146109). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hanover Park has a total area of , of which (or 98.42%) is land and (or 1.58%) is water.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 37,470 people, 11,064 households, and 9,177 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 11,732 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 37.14%

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, 7.10%

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, 1.64% Native American, 17.02%

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, 0.06%

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, 21.38% from

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, and 15.67% from two or more races.

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of any race were 41.53% of the population. There were 11,064 households, out of which 78.49% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.01% were married couples living together, 16.99% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.06% were non-families. 12.41% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.98% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.71 and the average family size was 3.42. The village's age distribution consisted of 27.9% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males. The median income for a household in the village was $77,367, and the median income for a family was $80,815. Males had a median income of $43,375 versus $31,368 for females. The

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for the village was $26,823. About 11.4% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the

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, including 18.6% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over. ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

Education

The town is served by several school districts. One is

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, a

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. It serves an area of some in

, DuPage and Kane Counties. Almost 40,000 children of school age are in its area. U-46 is the second largest in

behind

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. Other school districts serving Hanover Park include Schaumburg Township Elementary School District 54,

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, Community Consolidated School District 93, Glenbard Township High School District 87, Keeneyville School District 20 and Lake Park High School District 108. A total of six different public high schools serve the village. * Streamwood High School * Bartlett High School * Schaumburg High School * Hoffman Estates High School * Lake Park High School * Glenbard North High School Greenbrook mascot

Transportation

Hanover Park has a station on

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, which provides daily rail service between

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and

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(at

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). In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hanover Park is in zone F.

Notable residents

Jeffrey and Jill Erickson Jeffrey E. Erickson (1958–1992) and Jill Sandra Erickson ( Cohen; 1964–1991) were an American married criminal couple known for committing a series of violent bank robberies. The Ericksons are believed to have committed eight bank ro ...

, bank robber couple * Christopher Kolk, photographer of celebrity and fashion *

Jon Walker Jonathan Jacob Walker (born September 17, 1985) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Formerly the bassist of Panic! at the Disco, Walker was also the lead guitarist and occasional split vocalist of The Young Veins (wh ...

, bassist from American pop punk pop band

Panic! At The Disco Panic! at the Disco is the solo project of American musician Brendon Urie. It was originally a pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 by childhood friends Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, and Brent Wilson. They recorded their firs ...

and lead guitarist (and occasionally the lead singer) of

The Young Veins The Young Veins was an American rock band from Topanga, California. The band was composed of Ryan Ross and Jon Walker, two former members of the Las Vegas band Panic! at the Disco, along with bassist Andy Soukal, drummer Nick Murray and keyboa ...

* Nadia Ianakieva, author of ''The Red Dress Decision''. *Eira L. Corral Sepulveda of Hanover Park is the first Latina and youngest person elected to Metropolitan Water Reclamation Distric

Parks and libraries

The Hanover Park Park District is a general park district established by the voters of Hanover Park in 1964. The park district is responsible for the maintenance, operation and administration of parks and park facilities and is governed by five commissioners elected at large for overlapping, four-year terms. The Hanover Park Park District maintains 21 park sites encompassing. *Poplar Creek Public Library District * Schaumburg Township District Library - serves area of Hanover Park in Schaumburg Township (Cook County - east of Barrington Rd and north of Barrington and Lake St.) *Hanover Park Park DistrictHpparks.org
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Sister cities

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, Ghana *

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, Mexico

References

External links

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