Palatine, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It is located about 26 miles [41 km] to the southeast of Palatine and has a population of 2,896,016 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 27 miles [43 km] to the southwest of Palatine 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	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	73,399	3.46% decrease
	Bolingbrook	S	29 mi [46.67 km]	70,823	25.75% increase
	Cicero	SE	23 mi [37.01 km]	80,414	6.08% decrease
	Des Plaines	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]	57,062	2.82% decrease
	Elgin	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	106,330	12.53% increase
	Evanston	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	77,693	4.65% increase
	Joliet	S	41 mi [66 km]	146,125	37.57% increase
	Naperville	S	26 mi [41.84 km]	143,117	11.5% increase
	Schaumburg	S	6 mi [9.66 km]	71,716	4.87% decrease
	Skokie	E	16 mi [25.75 km]	66,620	5.17% increase
	Waukegan	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	90,788	3.28% increase
	Gary (IN)	SE	50 mi [80.5 km]	95,920	6.64% decrease
	Hammond (IN)	SE	44 mi [70.8 km]	76,732	7.61% decrease
	Kenosha (WI)	N	33 mi [53.1 km]	96,950	7.3% increase
	Racine (WI)	N	43 mi [69.2 km]	82,196	0.42% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Barrington	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	10,374	2.03% increase
	Buffalo Grove	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	42,972	0.15% increase
	Capri Village	N	Less than 2 mi	---
	Deer Park	NW	4 mi [6.44 km]	3,349	7.96% increase
	Fairfax Village	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Forest Lake	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Hoffman Estates	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	53,641	8.38% increase
	Inverness	W	3 mi [4.83 km]	7,673	13.69% increase
	Kildeer	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	4,126	19.25% increase
	Lake Zurich	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	20,610	13.84% increase
	Long Grove	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	8,101	20.28% increase
	Mount Prospect	SE	6 mi [9.66 km]	53,338	5.2% decrease
	Plum Grove Village	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Rolling Meadows	S	3 mi [4.83 km]	23,463	4.64% decrease
	Winthrop Village	S	2 mi [3.22 km]	---

Cook County

Palatine is located in Cook County.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Palatine
	Boone County	W	Garden Prairie	36 miles [57 km]
	Coles County	NE	Country Club Estates	3 miles [4 km]
	DeKalb County	W	New Lebanon	28 miles [45 km]
	DuPage County	NW	Foxcroft	3 miles [4 km]
	Kane County	W	Barrington Center	7 miles [11 km]
	Kendall County	SW	Boulder Hill	31 miles [49 km]
	Lake County	NW	Rue Vallee	2 miles [3 km]
	McHenry County	NW	Ski Hill	10 miles [16 km]
	Tazewell County	S	Fond du Lac	39 miles [62 km]
	Will County	S	Bayberry Ridge	27 miles [43 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Illinois<3>

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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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