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Haller Lake
A snapshot profile, compiled from information provided by the 1990 Census:

The numbers

Square miles: 2.5

Population: 14,436

Median household income: $28,951

Median house value: $131,045

Median apartment rent: $505

Parks: 2

Housing units: 6,920

The people

Pie chart showing ethnic breakdown of population

Median age: 35.3

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 1,311

Completed four-year college or higher: 30.8 percent

Below poverty level: 10.8 percent

Home ownership: 46.8 percent

Renters: 53.2 percent

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Saturday, November 28, 1998

Neighborhood won't accept unwanted development without a fight

Area was slow to grow, but knew how to pack in visitors

Mostly residential area still has small-town air

Activist streak goes back more than 30 years

Growth along Aurora not seen as a good thing

Jon Hahn: Moving to Haller Lake 50 years ago proved to be a brilliant stroke

Things to do while you're here

Scenes of Haller Lake

Haller Lake historical album

Haller Lake by the numbers

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