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Illinois
Top 100
City Population
Libertyville 22,700
Lisle 22,300
South Elgin 21,300
Woodridge 32,300
Other cities
City Population
Addison 36,600
Algonquin 28,900
Alsip 19,200
Antioch 10,100
Arlington Heights 74,100
Aurora 170,700
Barrington 10,000
Bartlett 37,900
Batavia 30,900
Beach Park 12,200
Bellwood 19,800
Belvidere 24,700
Bensenville 21,100
Berwyn 52,200
Bethalto 9,700
Bloomingdale 21,900
Bloomington 67,900
Bolingbrook 76,800
Boulder Hill 10,100
Bourbonnais 15,900
Bradley 13,500
Bridgeview 15,300
Broadview 8,100
Brookfield 18,600
Buffalo Grove 45,000
Burbank 27,300
Burr Ridge 10,900
Calumet Park 8,200
Carol Stream 41,100
Carpentersville 37,200
Cary 18,000
Champaign 69,400
Channahon 9,400
Chatham 9,300
Chester 5,000
Chicago 2,859,700
Chicago Ridge 13,900
Clarendon Hills 7,800
Collinsville 25,300
Columbia 9,000
Country Club Hills 16,700
Crest Hill 15,400
Crestwood 11,100
Crete 8,500
Crystal Lake 44,900
Darien 23,400
DeKalb 45,500
Deerfield 20,000
Des Plaines 57,800
Dolton 24,700
Downers Grove 49,000
East Peoria 22,900
Edwardsville 22,800
Elgin 108,000
Elk Grove Village 33,400
Elmhurst 43,600
Elmwood Park 24,600
Evanston 73,000
Evergreen Park 19,800
Fairview Heights 15,200
Flossmoor 9,200
Forest Park 15,100
Fox Lake 10,200
Frankfort 14,000
Frankfort Square 10,000
Franklin Park 18,700
Gages Lake 11,200
Geneva 23,600
Glen Carbon 11,200
Glen Ellyn 27,900
Glencoe 8,800
Glendale Heights 32,800
Glenview 43,900
Glenwood 8,800
Godfrey 16,500
Goodings Grove 21,000
Grayslake 20,900
Gurnee 32,100
Hanover Park 38,900
Harvard 9,200
Harwood Heights 8,000
Hazel Crest 14,500
Hickory Hills 13,600
Highland 8,500
Highland Park 34,200
Hillside 7,800
Hinsdale 18,300
Hoffman Estates 48,300
Homewood 19,000
Huntley 10,100
Island Lake 9,300
Itasca 8,600
Jerseyville 8,100
Joliet 136,000
Justice 11,900
La Grange 15,000
La Grange Park 12,800
Lake Forest 21,000
Lake Villa 7,200
Lake Zurich 19,300
Lake in the Hills 33,000
Lansing 27,400
Lemont 13,500
Lincolnwood 12,000
Lindenhurst 14,500
Lockport 21,300
Lombard 44,000
Long Grove 8,300
Loves Park 21,800
Lynwood 7,600
Lyons 10,200
Machesney Park 21,200
Manteno 7,200
Matteson 13,200
McHenry 24,900
Midlothian 13,900
Minooka 4,900
Mokena 18,900
Montgomery 6,700
Morris 12,600
Morton 15,200
Morton Grove 21,700
Mount Prospect 55,000
Mundelein 34,800
Naperville 149,600
New Lenox 23,700
Niles 29,100
Normal 48,500
Norridge 14,300
North Aurora 14,300
Northbrook 33,800
Northlake 11,500
O'Fallon 22,200
Oak Brook 8,700
Oak Forest 28,000
Oak Lawn 53,700
Oak Park 50,300
Orland Park 53,600
Oswego 21,200
Palatine 64,600
Palos Heights 11,400
Palos Hills 17,100
Park Forest 23,900
Park Ridge 37,000
Peoria 112,300
Plainfield 24,400
Princeton 7,000
Prospect Heights 16,800
Richton Park 12,800
River Forest 11,200
Riverside 8,500
Rockford 153,500
Rolling Meadows 24,000
Romeoville 28,600
Roselle 24,000
Round Lake 7,600
Round Lake Beach 28,800
Sauk Village 10,100
Schaumburg 74,500
Schiller Park 11,800
Shiloh 8,300
Shorewood 11,700
Skokie 60,900
South Holland 21,500
Springfield 112,900
St. Charles 34,900
Steger 10,500
Streamwood 36,600
Sugar Grove 7,200
Swansea 10,300
Sycamore 12,600
Tinley Park 52,800
Troy 8,800
University Park 8,500
Vernon Hills 22,400
Villa Park 23,100
Warrenville 14,300
Washington 11,100
Waterloo 8,900
Wauconda 10,800
West Chicago 24,800
West Dundee 6,800
Westchester 16,100
Western Springs 12,100
Westmont 24,700
Wheaton 57,000
Wheeling 33,700
Willowbrook 9,400
Wilmette 27,300
Winfield 9,500
Winnetka 12,200
Wonder Lake 8,600
Wood Dale 13,600
Woodstock 23,100
Worth 10,500
Yorkville 8,800
Zion 24,700
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Short commute time
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Top-earning towns
  Median household income
Hillsborough $263,456
Scarsdale $219,317
Los Altos Hills $199,370
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in July (°F)
Rancho Mirage, CA 108.2°F
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Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
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Priciest homes
  Median price
Montecito $3,157,233
Hillsborough $2,606,764
Paradise Valley $2,075,930
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Most singles
  % single residents
State College 76.5%
Durham 74.5%
Amherst Center 73.7%
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Youngest
  Median age
Storrs 20.65
Durham 21.19
Oxford 21.56
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