Austin, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It lies just southeast of Austin and has a population of 2,896,016 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 28 miles [45 km] to the west of Austin and has a population of 142,990 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington Heights	NW	18 mi [28.97 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Bolingbrook	SW	21 mi [33.8 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Cicero	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	W	30 mi [48.28 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Evanston	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Joliet	SW	31 mi [49.89 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Naperville	SW	22 mi [35.41 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Palatine	NW	21 mi [33.8 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Waukegan	N	33 mi [53.1 km]	90,788	3.28% increase
	Gary (IN)	SE	29 mi [46.67 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
	Hammond (IN)	SE	23 mi [37.01 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease
	Kenosha (WI)	N	48 mi [77.2 km]	96,950	7.3% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bellwood	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	18,973	7.61% decrease
	Berwyn	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	49,919	7.58% decrease
	Broadview	SW	5 mi [8.05 km]	7,625	7.73% decrease
	Elmwood Park	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	24,052	5.33% decrease
	Forest Park	SW	2 mi [3.22 km]	15,224	2.96% decrease
	Forest View	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	718	7.71% decrease
	Harwood Heights	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	8,058	2.88% decrease
	Maywood	W	4 mi [6.44 km]	25,035	7.23% decrease
	North Riverside	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	6,240	6.7% decrease
	Oak Park	W	Less than 2 mi	49,557	5.65% decrease
	River Forest	W	2 mi [3.22 km]	11,176	3.94% decrease
	River Grove	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	9,992	6.34% decrease
	Riverside	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	8,272	7% decrease
	Stickney	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	5,774	6.08% decrease
	West Town	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	---

Cook County

Austin is located in Cook County.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Austin
	Coles County	NW	Country Club Estates	22 miles [35 km]
	DuPage County	SW	Fullersburg	9 miles [14 km]
	Kane County	NW	Barrington Center	26 miles [41 km]
	Kendall County	SW	Wolfs	28 miles [45 km]
	Lake County	N	Woodridge	18 miles [28 km]
	McHenry County	NW	Ski Hill	31 miles [49 km]
	Tazewell County	SW	Fond du Lac	32 miles [51 km]
	Will County	SW	Bayberry Ridge	17 miles [27 km]
	Lake County (IN)	SE	Robertsdale (IN)	19 miles [30 km]
	Porter County (IN)	SE	Ogden Dunes (IN)	34 miles [54 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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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) Austin. 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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