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About North Chicago
City in the United StatesNorth Chicago is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 30,759 at the 2020 census making it the third-most populous city by population in the county, after Waukegan and Mundelein. An industrial center, North Chicago is home to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and Great Lakes Barracks Military housing. The city is also home to Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, which houses the Chicago Medical School.
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Housing in North Chicago
The typical North Chicago home is worth about $226,000, up 8.2% in a year, 24% below the Illinois typical home.
A buyer's market
Safety in North Chicago
Safety Grade B+
North Chicago reports less crime per resident than 66% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in North Chicago
Health Grade B
Healthier than 63% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 88% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Illinois
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 10 are too close to call.
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