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BNL Westside Community Quiz
Bethel New Life is located on Chicago’s Westside and we would like for you to have knowledge of the distance that families in plight have towards a sustainable life.  Bethel New life has recently researched and compiled data about the Westside community.  This data will help guide us as we implement our five-year strategic plan of creating a Community of Choice.  Our focus areas of the strategic plan are 1.) Sustainable Wealth Creation,  2.) Affordable Housing for All, 3.) Quality Education.

Below is a short multiple-choice questionnaire to inform you of the facts about our community.

1) What is the unemployment rate of Chicago’s Westside? 7% 15% 25%
2)

What is the poverty rate on Chicago’s Westside?

 20% 27% 33%
3) What is the median household income on Chicago’s Westside?
 $29,900 $31,300 $34,600
4)

How much income does the average Chicago Westside family use towards rental housing?

 40% 55% 61%
5) How many children in the 3rd grade on Chicago’s Westside are reading at grade level? 27% 38% 57%
6) What is the Chicago Westside’s high school graduation rate? 42% 48% 51%

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