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West Town, Illinois

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Chicago. It lies just south of West Town and has a population of 2,896,016 people.<1>

The next largest community is Aurora. It is located about 32 miles [51 km] to the west of West Town and has a population of 142,990 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Arlington Heights   NW20 mi [32.19 km]73,3993.46% decrease
 Bolingbrook   SW25 mi [40.23 km]70,82325.75% increase
 Cicero   SW5 mi [8.05 km]80,4146.08% decrease
 Des Plaines   NW14 mi [22.53 km]57,0622.82% decrease
 Elgin   W33 mi [53.1 km]106,33012.53% increase
 Evanston   N10 mi [16.09 km]77,6934.65% increase
 Joliet   SW35 mi [56.3 km]146,12537.57% increase
 Naperville   SW26 mi [41.84 km]143,11711.5% increase
 Palatine   NW23 mi [37.01 km]67,0802.45% increase
 Schaumburg   NW22 mi [35.41 km]71,7164.87% decrease
 Skokie   N9 mi [14.48 km]66,6205.17% increase
 Waukegan   N33 mi [53.1 km]90,7883.28% increase
 Gary (IN)   SE27 mi [43.45 km]95,9206.64% decrease
 Hammond (IN)   SE21 mi [33.8 km]76,7327.61% decrease
 Kenosha (WI)   N47 mi [75.6 km]96,9507.3% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Berwyn   SW6 mi [9.66 km]49,9197.58% decrease
 Carl Sandburg Village   E2 mi [3.22 km]---
 Elmwood Park   W6 mi [9.66 km]24,0525.33% decrease
 Forest Park   W7 mi [11.27 km]15,2242.96% decrease
 Forest View   SW8 mi [12.87 km]7187.71% decrease
 Grant Village   SE7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Harwood Heights   NW7 mi [11.27 km]8,0582.88% decrease
 Lincolnwood   N7 mi [11.27 km]11,8104.44% decrease
 Maywood   W8 mi [12.87 km]25,0357.23% decrease
 New City   S6 mi [9.66 km]---
 Oak Park   W5 mi [8.05 km]49,5575.65% decrease
 River Forest   W6 mi [9.66 km]11,1763.94% decrease
 River Grove   W7 mi [11.27 km]9,9926.34% decrease
 Stickney   SW7 mi [11.27 km]5,7746.08% decrease
 Swede Town   E2 mi [3.22 km]---

Cook County

West Town is located in Cook County.

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

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
West Town
 Coles County   NWCountry Club Estates24 miles [38 km]
 DuPage County   WChurchville13 miles [20 km]
 Kane County   NWBarrington Center29 miles [46 km]
 Kendall County   SWWolfs32 miles [51 km]
 Lake County   NRavinia18 miles [28 km]
 McHenry County   NWSki Hill33 miles [53 km]
 Tazewell County   SWFond du Lac35 miles [56 km]
 Will County   SWAnand Brook21 miles [33 km]
 Lake County (IN)   SERobertsdale (IN)17 miles [27 km]
 Porter County (IN)   SEOgden Dunes (IN)31 miles [49 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning 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) West Town. 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 West Town.

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