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* Buffalo Grove Population: 42,909 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000)
* Buffalo Grove Median Household Income: $80,525 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000)
* Buffalo Grove Tax Rate Per $100 Assessed Value: 5.941% to 12.658% (2000 County Clerk Tax Extension)
Buffalo Grove was incorporated in 1958. Major employers include: Allstate Insurance Company, Siemens Building Technology, Courtesy Corporation, International Profits Associates, J. C. Penney Catalog Sales, Mid-West Automation, R. G. Ray Corporation, Federal Express.
Recreation -- The Buffalo Grove community offers many activities for its residents. Approximately 400 acres are devoted to 45 park sites that provide playgrounds, athletic fields, lakes, tennis courts, bike paths, and picnic areas. There are two public golf courses, totaling over 240 acres, owned and operated by the village. Additionally, there are indoor and outdoor swimming facilities, and many other recreational activities and courses offered through its park district.
Schools -- Cook County Elementary School District #21 in addition to the 3 Lake County school districts: Countryside District #96; Aptakisic-Tripp District #102; or Lincolnshire-Prairie View District #103. A parochial school is located in the community. High school students in the Lake County portion of the village attend Adlai E. Stevenson High School, while Cook County students attend Buffalo Grove High School.
Housing -- Housing development over the past 15 years has produced a mix of single family homes, townhouses, condominiums, apartments, and duplexes. The 2000 median house value was $236,200 and the median rent cost was $1,079. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000)
Government Services -- The Buffalo Grove Police Department's 76 sworn officers serve the village. Fire protection is provided by the full-time Buffalo Grove Fire Department's 57 firefighters at three stations.
Transportation -- The village has access to Metra commuter train service on the Wisconsin Central Line. Driving time to Chicago's Loop is 45 to 60 minutes via Interstate 90.
* Distance to the Chicago Loop: 28 miles
* Distance to O'Hare Airport: 18 miles
* Distance to Mitchell Field: 57 miles
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Buffalo Grove Patch - Current News and Information
Buffalo Grove Park District
90.14% of Buffalo Grove's workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Buffalo Grove is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. The percentage of people who work in Buffalo Grove in management occupations is 15.64%, sales jobs -15.44%, and office and administrative support jobs -13.95%. Buffalo Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Buffalo Grove is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Buffalo Grove really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children.
55.08% of adults in Buffalo Grove have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or PhD. That is compared to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.
There is some new construction and newer developments in Buffalo Grove, such as Astor Place. Astor Place is a single family home neighborhood buily by Hoffman Homes. Astor Place consists of 275 homes with floor plans ranging from 1,636 to 2,812 square feet. Astor Place is located just South of Deerfield Parkway and West off of Weiland Road in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Feel free to contact us for others.
Schools include:
Cooper Middle School, Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, Henry Longfellow Elementary School, Buffalo Grove High School, Twin Groves Middle School, Willow Grove Kindergarten, Prairie Elementary, Ivy Hall Elementary, Aptakisic Junior High, Earl Pritchett, Tripp, Meridian Middle School.
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