Green Duck Trailer Park

The Green Duck Trailer Park is a large mobile home community in western Kennedy, Illinois and eastern Wremburg, Illinois. A densely populated portion of the trailer park in Kennedy is used as government subsidized housing in order to provide homes for the homeless.

History
The trailer park was built in 1963 by developer John Sanzecki. Sanzecki purchased a 0.8 square mile plot of land from the city of Kennedy and a 1.3 square mile plot of land from the city of Wremburg.

However, much of the Wremburg plot was sold in 1967 at the end of the trailer park's development in order to provide land for the Wabash County Correctional Facility.

In 1977, Sanzecki sold the trailer park to local SNC Property Management of Eastwood for a total of $426,830. SNC signed a deal with the City of Kennedy which gave the company rights to 1/10th additional land to demolish and build a section of mobile homes in order to use as subsidized housing for the poor.

In return, the trailer park was officially commissioned as a neighborhood in the City of Kennedy and a representative from SNC is elected to sit on the city council. The bill which allowed only SNC members to sit in on the council representing the Green Duck Trailer Park was passed by residents with a vote of 53%, although voter turnout was very small and consisted of mostly trailer park residents.

Demographics
The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 80.23% White, 5.18% African American, 8.15% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other races, and 6.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.17% of the population.

The median income for a household in the neighborhood was $15,273, and the median income for a family was $20,618. The per capita income for the neighborhood was $9,177.

Housing
The median house price in the neighborhood in 2008 was $23,408. The median house price in 2000 was $35,916.

Renters made up 74.82% of the neighborhood population. The median rent in 2009 was $217.