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About Lake Forest
City in Illinois, United StatesLake Forest is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, 31 miles (50 km) north of downtown Chicago. The population was 19,367 at the 2020 census. The city is along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest was founded with Lake Forest College and was laid out as a town in 1857, a stop for travelers making their way south to Chicago. The Lake Forest City Hall, designed by Charles Sumner Frost, was completed in 1898. It originally housed the fire department, the Lake Forest Library, and city offices.
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Housing in Lake Forest
The typical Lake Forest home is worth about $1,248,000, up 10.8% in a year, 319% above the Illinois typical home.
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Safety in Lake Forest
Safety Grade A
Lake Forest reports less crime per resident than 86% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Lake Forest
Health Grade A+
Healthier than 98% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 10 are too close to call.
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