Lansing, Illinois

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 19 miles [30 km] to the north of Lansing and has a population of 2,896,016 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 40 miles [64 km] to the west of Lansing 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	42 mi [67.6 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Bolingbrook	W	29 mi [46.67 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Cicero	NW	21 mi [33.8 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	NW	36 mi [57.9 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Evanston	N	33 mi [53.1 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Joliet	W	30 mi [48.28 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Mount Prospect	NW	39 mi [62.8 km]	53,338	5.2% decrease
	Naperville	W	34 mi [54.7 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Oak Lawn	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	53,244	3.62% decrease
	Palatine	NW	45 mi [72.4 km]	67,080	2.45% increase
	Schaumburg	NW	42 mi [67.6 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	N	33 mi [53.1 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Wheaton	NW	35 mi [56.3 km]	54,465	1.72% decrease
	Gary (IN)	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
	Hammond (IN)	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Burnham	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	3,973	4.72% decrease
	Calumet City	N	2 mi [3.22 km]	36,800	5.81% decrease
	Dolton	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	23,889	6.73% decrease
	East Hazel Crest	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	1,536	4.42% decrease
	Ford Heights	SW	4 mi [6.44 km]	3,202	7.35% decrease
	Glenwood	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	8,489	5.68% decrease
	Homewood	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	18,475	5.46% decrease
	Lynwood	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	8,519	15.48% increase
	Phoenix	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	2,041	5.38% decrease
	Sauk Village	S	5 mi [8.05 km]	10,254	1.51% decrease
	South Holland	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	21,083	4.8% decrease
	Thornton	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	2,386	7.59% decrease
	Dyer (IN)	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	15,913	14.52% increase
	Highland (IN)	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	22,641	3.84% decrease
	Munster (IN)	SE	2 mi [3.22 km]	22,105	2.76% increase

Cook County

Lansing is located in Cook County.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Lansing
	DuPage County	NW	Palisades	22 miles [35 km]
	Grundy County	W	Channahon	38 miles [61 km]
	Kane County	W	Scraper-Moecherville	39 miles [62 km]
	Kankakee County	S	Sollitt	19 miles [30 km]
	Kendall County	W	Joliet	30 miles [48 km]
	Tazewell County	W	Fond du Lac	34 miles [54 km]
	Will County	SW	Lincolnshire	7 miles [11 km]
	Jasper County (IN)	SE	Forest City (IN)	29 miles [46 km]
	Lake County (IN)	SE	Maynard (IN)	2 miles [3 km]
	LaPorte County (IN)	E	Alida (IN)	33 miles [53 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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