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Orland Park is a suburb of Chicago with a population of 58,345. Orland Park is in Cook County and is one of the best places to live in Illinois. Living in Orland Park offers residents a sparse suburban feel and most residents own their homes. In Orland Park there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks.

It is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, Orland Park had a population of 58,703.

Your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Orland Park is 1 in 685. This equates to a crime rate of 1.46 per 1,000 residents, making Orland Park one of the safest communities in Illinois to live in. In fact, it is one of the safest communities in the entire nation, according to FBI crime statistics.

I don't think many people from outside of Orland realize that the western side of Orland Park is wealthy and in some parts extremely wealthy. Nonetheless Orland Park has the highest homeownership in the entire country. 89% of it's almost 60,000 residents own their home.

metro area, which is ranked 42 out of 273 cities across the US in terms of cost of living. According to C2ER (the Council for Community and Economic Research), the cost of living in Orland Park is estimated to be 114.4% of the national average making it one of the more expensive cities in the US.

Orland Park Demographics

White: 83.65% Asian: 5.26% Two or more races: 5.22% Black or African American: 4.27%

The village's downtown area blooms out from LaGrange Road, home to familiar retail options and some local businesses. Many of Downtown Orland Park's residences fall near the west and northeast sides of the neighborhood, with a mix of architectural styles indicative of the area's growth and evolution.

In Metra's zone-based fare system, 143rd Street is in zone 4. As of 2018, Orland Park 143rd Street is the 86th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 591 weekday boardings.

In 1985, Village moved from well water to Lake Michigan water through a 36-inch water main from Oak Lawn that serves Village of Orland Park and twelve other communities.

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The most populated cities in Illinois are Chicago with 2,664,452, Aurora at 177,563, Joliet with 150,489, Naperville at 150,245, and Rockford with 146,120.

The majority of the mall is owned by Simon, but the former Sears site was separate and the property was being marketed by CBRE's National Retail Partners without an asking price.

ORLAND PARK, IL (June 1, 2022) – Orland Park has been named one of Chicago Magazine's Best Places to Live in the June/July 2022 edition of the publication. "This is a wonderful honor for Orland Park," said Mayor Keith Pekau.

Western Springs stands as the sole city reporting zero violent crimes, while Pingree Grove reports zero burglaries. Aggravated assault has emerged as the most common violent crime in Illinois, with only Campton Hills, Gilberts, and Western Springs reporting no occurrences.

Although it is a classic example of the American automobile-based suburb, Orland Park has a town center next to a railroad commuter station. The center includes many of the early stores, a bank, and Twin Towers, formerly a Methodist church and Orland Park's only structure on the National Register of Historic Places.

Orland Park Demographics

White: 83.65% Asian: 5.26% Two or more races: 5.22%

In 2022, Orland Park, IL had a population of 58.3k people with a median age of 46.6 and a median household income of $97,365. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Orland Park, IL declined from 58,622 to 58,345, a −0.473% decrease and its median household income grew from $89,491 to $97,365, a 8.8% increase.

After he was reportedly pushed out of his role, La Margo subsequently sued the Village of Orland Park, Mayor Keith Pekau, Trustee Bill Healy, and the Keith Pekau for Mayor campaign on claims of breach of contract, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.