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Arlington Heights, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 23 miles [37 km] to the southeast of Arlington Heights and has a population of 2,896,016 people.<1>

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 27 miles [43 km] to the southwest of Arlington Heights and has a population of 142,990 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bolingbrook   S28 mi [45.06 km]70,82325.75% increase
 Cicero   SE20 mi [32.19 km]80,4146.08% decrease
 Des Plaines   SE5 mi [8.05 km]57,0622.82% decrease
 Elgin   W17 mi [27.36 km]106,33012.53% increase
 Evanston   E15 mi [24.14 km]77,6934.65% increase
 Joliet   S40 mi [64.4 km]146,12537.57% increase
 Naperville   S25 mi [40.23 km]143,11711.5% increase
 Palatine   NW3 mi [4.83 km]67,0802.45% increase
 Schaumburg   SW6 mi [9.66 km]71,7164.87% decrease
 Skokie   E13 mi [20.92 km]66,6205.17% increase
 Waukegan   N19 mi [30.58 km]90,7883.28% increase
 Gary (IN)   SE47 mi [75.6 km]95,9206.64% decrease
 Hammond (IN)   SE41 mi [66 km]76,7327.61% decrease
 Kenosha (WI)   N34 mi [54.7 km]96,9507.3% increase
 Racine (WI)   N44 mi [70.8 km]82,1960.42% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Buffalo Grove   N4 mi [6.44 km]42,9720.15% increase
 Capri Village   NW4 mi [6.44 km]---
 Covenant Village   E7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Deer Park   NW7 mi [11.27 km]3,3497.96% increase
 Elk Grove Village   S6 mi [9.66 km]33,3204.05% decrease
 Fairfax Village   SW2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Inverness   W6 mi [9.66 km]7,67313.69% increase
 Kildeer   NW7 mi [11.27 km]4,12619.25% increase
 Mount Prospect   SE3 mi [4.83 km]53,3385.2% decrease
 Plum Grove Village   W3 mi [4.83 km]---
 Prospect Heights   E2 mi [3.22 km]16,0476.05% decrease
 Riverwoods   NE6 mi [9.66 km]4,0816.19% increase
 Rolling Meadows   SW2 mi [3.22 km]23,4634.64% decrease
 Wheeling   NE3 mi [4.83 km]36,0634.54% increase
 Winthrop Village   W2 mi [3.22 km]---

Cook County

Arlington Heights is primarily located in Cook County. A portion of Arlington Heights extends into Lake County.

Below are counties that are near Arlington Heights (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Arlington Heights:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Arlington Heights
 Boone County   WGarden Prairie39 miles [62 km]
 Coles County   NCountry Club Estates5 miles [8 km]
 DeKalb County   WNew Lebanon31 miles [49 km]
 DuPage County   NWFoxcroft6 miles [9 km]
 Kane County   WBarrington Center10 miles [16 km]
 Kendall County   SWWolfs31 miles [49 km]
 Lake County   NVillage of Buffalo Grove5 miles [8 km]
 McHenry County   NWSki Hill13 miles [20 km]
 Tazewell County   SFond du Lac38 miles [61 km]
 Will County   SBayberry Ridge25 miles [40 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Arlington Heights. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
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 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Arlington Heights.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Arlington Heights and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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