Chicago Heights, Illinois

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	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Arlington Heights	NW	44 mi [70.8 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Bolingbrook	NW	27 mi [43.45 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Cicero	N	23 mi [37.01 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	N	38 mi [61.2 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Evanston	N	37 mi [59.5 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Joliet	W	26 mi [41.84 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Mount Prospect	N	41 mi [66 km]	53,338	5.2% decrease
	Naperville	NW	31 mi [49.89 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Palatine	NW	46 mi [74 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	NW	42 mi [67.6 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	N	36 mi [57.9 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Wheaton	NW	34 mi [54.7 km]	54,465	1.72% decrease
	Gary (IN)	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
	Hammond (IN)	NE	10 mi [16.09 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Country Club Hills	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	16,723	3.43% increase
	Crete	S	4 mi [6.44 km]	9,041	23.07% increase
	East Hazel Crest	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	1,536	4.42% decrease
	Flossmoor	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	9,309	---
	Ford Heights	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	3,202	7.35% decrease
	Glenwood	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]	8,489	5.68% decrease
	Hazel Crest	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	14,075	5% decrease
	Homewood	N	3 mi [4.83 km]	18,475	5.46% decrease
	Lynwood	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	8,519	15.48% increase
	Matteson	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	17,420	34.75% increase
	Olympia Fields	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	4,735	---
	Park Forest	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	22,583	3.75% decrease
	Sauk Village	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	10,254	1.51% decrease
	Steger	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	10,421	7.63% increase
	Thornton	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	2,386	7.59% 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:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Chicago Heights
	DuPage County	NW	Palisades	20 miles [32 km]
	Grundy County	W	Channahon	33 miles [53 km]
	Iroquois County	S	Papineau	37 miles [59 km]
	Kane County	NW	Scraper-Moecherville	37 miles [59 km]
	Kankakee County	S	Sollitt	14 miles [22 km]
	Kendall County	W	Joliet	26 miles [41 km]
	Tazewell County	W	Fond du Lac	30 miles [48 km]
	Will County	S	Lincolnshire	3 miles [4 km]
	Jasper County (IN)	SE	Forest City (IN)	28 miles [45 km]
	Lake County (IN)	E	Dyer (IN)	6 miles [9 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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