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Berkeley village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Berkeley village is a Census village of 5,199 people across 1.40 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $85,823, 82.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 14 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.7 m.
80 sourced place values · tier FULL · 9 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Berkeley
What Berkeley is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.4 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,710
- County holding the largest share of its areaCook County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Berkeley
How many people live in Berkeley
- Population5,199
- Median age33.6
- Population under 181,401 plus or minus 483
- Share under 1826.9 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Population 65 and over882 plus or minus 272
- Share 65 and over17.0 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Households1,789
- Family households1,310
- Share of households that are families73.2 percent plus or minus 16.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Berkeley
Income and work in Berkeley
- Median household income$85,823
- Per capita income$33,254 plus or minus $8,034
- Civilian labor force2,629
- Employed2,535
- Unemployed94 plus or minus 64
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over3,487
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.6 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.8 percent plus or minus 5.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Berkeley
Housing in Berkeley
- Housing units1,845
- Occupied units1,789
- Vacant units56 plus or minus 67
- Vacancy rate3.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Owner occupied1,467 plus or minus 357
- Renter occupied322 plus or minus 186
- Ownership rate82.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$246,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,434
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.1 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Single family units1,511 plus or minus 346
- Share single family81.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more334 plus or minus 229
- Share in buildings of two or more18.1 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1955
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Berkeley
How Berkeley gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,124
- Commuting under 15 minutes527 plus or minus 214
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.8 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more827 plus or minus 326
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.9 percent plus or minus 14.2
- Drove alone72.3 percent
- Carpooled11.4 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home14.5 percent plus or minus 9.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Berkeley
SBA loans in Berkeley (7(a))
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$2,697,500
- Average approval$192,679
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$484,500
- Largest approval$500,000
- Jobs supported137
- Jobs per approval9.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.1 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders6
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Berkeley
SBA loans in Berkeley (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$5,050,000
- Average approval$1,683,333
- Median approval$1,752,000
- Largest approval$2,851,000
- Jobs supported27
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Berkeley
Flood risk in Berkeley
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number171039
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cook County, not Berkeley
Cook County context, not Berkeley figures
These are Cook County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Berkeley measurements.
- Establishments in Cook County134,513
- Employment at those establishments, Cook County2,492,328
- Covered employment, Cook County2,565,567
- Average annual pay, Cook County$86,931
- Average weekly wage, Cook County$1,672
- Housing units permitted, Cook County6,507
- Of those, single family, Cook County1,142
- County product, 2024, Cook County$546,440,623,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cook County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cook County$91,691
Every figure in this section is published for Cook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Berkeley. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Berkeley questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Berkeley, Illinois?
5,199, in 1,789 households. Berkeley village covers 1.40 square miles of land, which is 3,710 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Berkeley in?
Cook County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Berkeley?
$85,823. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $246,900. Median gross rent is $1,434 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Berkeley businesses?
14 7(a) approvals totalling $2.7 m, across 6 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $5.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Berkeley, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Berkeley borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Berkeley. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Berkeley in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Berkeley appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 171039, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Berkeley figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cook County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Berkeley.
Is zoning published for Berkeley?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.