Hometown, Illinois

Homestead
(Saint Clair County)

Homeward Hill
(Kane County)

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The city of Hometown is located in Cook County.

Hometown is 190 feet [57.91 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Hometown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Both Pennsylvania and West Virginia have communities that are also named Hometown.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Hometown had a population of 4,467 people ^<2> (or 0.08% of the total population of Cook County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Hometown had a population of 4,112 people. This is a decrease of 7.95% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Hometown.

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	4,112	-7.95%	-0.34% since 2007
2007	4,126	-7.63%	-0.96% since 2006
2006	4,166	-6.74%	-1.33% since 2005
2005	4,222	-5.48%
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2000	4,467	The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Berwyn	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	49,919	7.58% decrease
Bolingbrook	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
Chicago	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	2,853,114	1.48% decrease
Cicero	N	7 mi [11.27 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
Downers Grove	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	49,250	1.08% increase
Elmhurst	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]	46,013	7.6% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Hometown.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Illinois ^<4>

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hometown - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Hometown. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Hometown and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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