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1955
Till boy's funeral, Burr Oaks Cemetary [sic], 1955
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About Alsip
Village in Illinois, United StatesAlsip is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,063 at the 2020 census. It is a south suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. Alsip was settled in the 1830s by German and Dutch farmers. The village is named after Frank Alsip, the owner of a brickyard that opened there in 1885. The village began to grow after the Tri-State Tollway was built there in 1959.
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Housing in Alsip
The typical Alsip home is worth about $277,000, up 5.7% in a year, 7% below the Illinois typical home.
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Safety in Alsip
Safety Grade C-
Alsip reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 84% report less.
Health in Alsip
Health Grade B
Healthier than 63% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 84% of towns with similar incomes.
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of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 26 are too close to call.
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