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Chicago Heights, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 22 miles [35 km] to the north of Chicago Heights and has a population of 2,896,016 people.<1>

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 38 miles [61 km] to the northwest of Chicago Heights and has a population of 142,990 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Arlington Heights   NW44 mi [70.8 km]73,3993.46% decrease
 Bolingbrook   NW27 mi [43.45 km]70,82325.75% increase
 Cicero   N23 mi [37.01 km]80,4146.08% decrease
 Des Plaines   N38 mi [61.2 km]57,0622.82% decrease
 Elgin   NW50 mi [80.5 km]106,33012.53% increase
 Evanston   N37 mi [59.5 km]77,6934.65% increase
 Joliet   W26 mi [41.84 km]146,12537.57% increase
 Mount Prospect   N41 mi [66 km]53,3385.2% decrease
 Naperville   NW31 mi [49.89 km]143,11711.5% increase
 Palatine   NW46 mi [74 km]67,0802.45% increase
 Schaumburg   NW42 mi [67.6 km]71,7164.87% decrease
 Skokie   N36 mi [57.9 km]66,6205.17% increase
 Wheaton   NW34 mi [54.7 km]54,4651.72% decrease
 Gary (IN)   E16 mi [25.75 km]95,9206.64% decrease
 Hammond (IN)   NE10 mi [16.09 km]76,7327.61% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Country Club Hills   NW5 mi [8.05 km]16,7233.43% increase
 Crete   S4 mi [6.44 km]9,04123.07% increase
 East Hazel Crest   N4 mi [6.44 km]1,5364.42% decrease
 Flossmoor   NW3 mi [4.83 km]9,309---
 Ford Heights   E2 mi [3.22 km]3,2027.35% decrease
 Glenwood   NE2 mi [3.22 km]8,4895.68% decrease
 Hazel Crest   NW5 mi [8.05 km]14,0755% decrease
 Homewood   N3 mi [4.83 km]18,4755.46% decrease
 Lynwood   E4 mi [6.44 km]8,51915.48% increase
 Matteson   W5 mi [8.05 km]17,42034.75% increase
 Olympia Fields   W3 mi [4.83 km]4,735---
 Park Forest   SW3 mi [4.83 km]22,5833.75% decrease
 Sauk Village   E3 mi [4.83 km]10,2541.51% decrease
 Steger   S2 mi [3.22 km]10,4217.63% increase
 Thornton   N4 mi [6.44 km]2,3867.59% decrease

Cook County

Chicago Heights is located in Cook County.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Chicago Heights
 DuPage County   NWPalisades20 miles [32 km]
 Grundy County   WChannahon33 miles [53 km]
 Iroquois County   SPapineau37 miles [59 km]
 Kane County   NWScraper-Moecherville37 miles [59 km]
 Kankakee County   SSollitt14 miles [22 km]
 Kendall County   WJoliet26 miles [41 km]
 Tazewell County   WFond du Lac30 miles [48 km]
 Will County   SLincolnshire3 miles [4 km]
 Jasper County (IN)   SEForest City (IN)28 miles [45 km]
 Lake County (IN)   EDyer (IN)6 miles [9 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) Chicago 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.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 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 Chicago Heights.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Chicago 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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