Deerfield Insider

The following data was compiled from the 2000 Census. I’ll post more up-to-date information as it becomes available to me.

Population (year 2000): 18,420, Est. population in July 2004: 19,426 (+5.5% change) Males: 8,893 (48.3%), Females: 9,527 (51.7%) Elevation: 675 feet Land area: 5.5 square miles Zip code: 60015 Median resident age: 39.6 years Median household income: $107,194 (year 2000) Median house value: $342,900 (year 2000)

Races in Deerfield:      White Non-Hispanic (94.6%)      Hispanic (1.7%)      Korean (0.8%)      Two or more races (0.8%)

Ancestries: German (17.7%), Russian (13.4%), Irish (11.3%), Polish (9.0%), United States (8.8%), English (7.3%).

For population 25 years and over in Deerfield      High school or higher: 95.9%      Bachelor’s degree or higher: 68.5%      Graduate or professional degree: 32.3%      Unemployed: 1.8%      Mean travel time to work: 29.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Deerfield village      Never married: 15.4%      Now married: 72.0%      Separated: 0.5%      Widowed: 5.5%      Divorced: 6.6%

8.8% Foreign born (4.7% Europe, 2.7% Asia). Population change in the 1990s: +958 (+5.5%).

Earnings beat estimates as Baxter tackles pump problems
Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. said it recently began modifying its faulty Colleague infusion pumps in markets outside the United States, but modifications domestically remain on hold as it continues to work with regulators to resolve the pump problems.
Source: www.suntimes.com

Deerfield is home to the headquarters of the following corporations: Walgreens, Cosi, Baxter Healthcare, APAC Customer Services, and was at one time the headquarters of Sara Lee Corp.

Deerfield High School is one of the top public schools in the state of Illinois.

A house on Castlewood Lane was in the intro of the old show Married with Children.

The Deerfield Public Library sits on the crash site of a U.S. Navy airplane that crashed here in 1944.

"Italian Kitchen," located on Deerfield Rd, was in the movie Amityville Horror.

In the film Risky Business, the Deerfield train station is shown.

The film Stolen Summer was filmed in Deerfield.

The Berto Center, practice facility of the Chicago Bulls, is located in Deerfield.

The old ABC drama Once and Again was set in Deerfield.

Earnings beat estimates as Baxter tackles pump problems
Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. said it recently began modifying its faulty Colleague infusion pumps in markets outside the United States, but modifications domestically remain on hold as it continues to work with regulators to resolve the pump problems.
Source: www.suntimes.com

Earnings beat estimates as Baxter tackles pump problems
Deerfield-based Baxter International Inc. said it recently began modifying its faulty Colleague infusion pumps in markets outside the United States, but modifications domestically remain on hold as it continues to work with regulators to resolve the pump problems.
Source: www.suntimes.com