Lake in the Hills, Illinois

McHenry County

17-41183

Lake in the Hills is a municipality ( with a status of "Village" ) in McHenry County in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Lake had 28,965 inhabitants in the Hills.

Lake in the Hills is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.

Geography

Lake in the Hills is located in the northwest suburban area of Chicago near the western shore of the Fox River, a right tributary of the opening into the Mississippi River Illinois. The town is located at 42 ° 10'54 " north latitude and 88 ° 19'49 " west longitude and covers 27.48 km ². Lake of the Hills is located in the Algonquin Township and Grafton Township.

Towns nearby Lake in the Hills are Lakewood ( on the northwest city limits ), Crystal Lake ( at the northern city limits ), Cary ( on the northeast city limits ), Trout Valley ( at the eastern city limits ), Algonquin ( on the southeast city limits ) Gilbert (12,2 km to the south), Huntley ( on the western and south-western city limits ), and Union ( 24.2 km west-northwest ).

The city center of Chicago located 73.7 km south east, after Rockford there are 78.8 km in a westerly direction, Wisconsin's capital, Madison is located 161 km north-west and to Milwaukee, there are 131 kilometers in a north- northeasterly direction.

Traffic

The Fox River has been reinforced by numerous dams on a waterway, has the connection to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.

Around 10 km south of Lake in the Hills extends Interstate 90, the longest 4958 km interstate highway in the country. Through the west of the town area leads the Illinois State Route 47, in the east of the site of the Illinois State Route 31 is touched. All other roads are minor roadways as well as within city roads.

The Lake in the Hills Airport is located in the north of the village area. The larger O'Hare International Airport in Chicago is located 51.4 km south east of Lake in the Hills.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Lake in the Hills 28,965 people in 9544 households. The population density was 1054 people per square kilometer. In the 9544 households lived statistically 3.03 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 86.7 percent white, 2.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 5.2 percent Asian and 3.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 11.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

31.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 5.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 82,818. The per capita income was $ 31,366. 6.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.