Hinsdale

• Name — Hinsdale, Illinois • Official Name — Village of Hinsdale • Settlement Type — Village • Mapsize — 260px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United States • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Illinois • Subdivision Type2 — Counties • Subdivision Name2 — Cook, DuPage • Subdivision Type3 — Townships • Subdivision Name3 — Downers Grove, York, Lyons, Proviso • Established Title — Incorporated • Established Date — 1873 04 01 • Government Type — Council–manager • Leader Title — Village President • Leader Name — Greg Hart • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Total Sq Mi — 4.66 • Area Land Sq Mi — 4.62 • Area Water Sq Mi — 0.04 • Area Total Km2 — 12.07 • Area Land Km2 — 11.97 • Area Water Km2 — 0.10 • Area Water Percent — 0.65 • Population Total — 17395 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Density Sq Mi — 3763 • Population Density Km2 — 1452.75 • Population Note — Down 3.07% from 2000 • Demographics Type1 — Standard of living (2015-2019) • Demographics1 Title1 — Per capita income • Demographics1 Info1 — $114,121 • Demographics1 Title2 — Median home value • Demographics1 Info2 — $969,219 • Timezone — CST • Utc Offset — -6 • Timezone Dst — CDT • Utc Offset Dst — -5 • Elevation Ft — 719 • Postal Code Type — ZIP code • Postal Code — 60521 • Area Code — 630 and 331 • Blank Name — FIPS code • Blank Info — 17-35307 • Blank1 Name — GNIS feature ID • Blank1 Info — 2398514 • Website — www.villageofhinsdale.org

Hinsdale is 15 mi west of the Chicago Loop and is bordered by Oak Brook to the north, Burr Ridge and Willowbrook to the south, Western Springs to the east, and Clarendon Hills and Westmont to the west. The eastern boundary of Hinsdale is Interstate 294 and the western boundary is Route 83. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hinsdale has an area of 4.66 sqmi, of which 4.62 sqmi (or 99.18%) is land and 0.04 sqmi (or 0.82%) is water.

Hinsdale's downtown area is a National Register Historic District. The area is in the center of town and is remarkably little changed despite many teardowns. It includes restaurants, shops, services, and the primary train station. The Robbins Park district just east of downtown, bounded by Garfield Street and County Line Road, and Hinsdale Avenue and 9th Street, is also a National Register Historic District. It includes two of Hinsdale's seven buildings individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Orland P. Bassett House at 329 E. Sixth St., the Robert A. and Mary Childs House at 318 S. Garfield Ave., Immanuel Evangelical Church at 302 S. Grant St., the Francis Stuyvesant Peabody House at 8 E. Third St., and the William Whitney House at 142 E. First St. The district also includes seven of 17 Hinsdale Historic Landmarks. Another architectural landmark is the R. Harold Zook Home and Studio, which was saved from demolition in 2005 when it was moved from 327 S. Oak Street to the Katherine Legge Memorial Park, 5941 S. County Line Road. The Hinsdale Historical Society runs the Roger & Ruth Anderson Architecture Center, which advocates for the preservation of Hinsdale's historical architecture and serves as an archive and resource.

As of the 2020 census, Hinsdale had a population of 17,395. There were 4,817 families residing in the village, and the population density was 3,732 PD/sqmi. The median age was 41.5 years. 29.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 15.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.6 males age 18 and over. 100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas. There were 5,647 households in Hinsdale, of which 46.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 72.1% were married-couple households, 8.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 17.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 15.4% of all households were made up of individuals, 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, and the average household size was 3.30 with an average family size of 2.94. There were 6,124 housing units at an average density of 1,314 /sqmi, of which 7.8% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.1% and the rental vacancy rate was 9.5%.

Hinsdale ranked 8th wealthiest suburb in the country. The median income for a household in the village was $250,000+ and the median income for a family was $376,366. Males had a median income of $156,007 versus $56,484 for females. The per capita income for the village was $122,593. About 0.5% of families and 1.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.5% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.

• Illustration — The Hinsdale Memorial Building, the Village Hall and public library in the Downtown Hinsdale Historic District The village was incorporated on April 1, 1873. Law enforcement is provided by the Hinsdale Police Department. The Hinsdale Fire Department was established in 1893. The community is served by the United States Postal Service Hinsdale Post Office.

• Illustration — The Hinsdale train station on the BNSF Line Hinsdale is served by a network of major federal, state, and county roads, including the Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 294), U.S. Route 34 and Illinois Route 83. Including by Metra's BNSF Line at three stations: Highlands, Hinsdale, and West Hinsdale. Additionally, Pace operates connecting bus services. Pace bus lines 663 and 668 serve Hinsdale.

UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale hospital, operated by AdventHealth, founded in 1904, is a level-two trauma center and DuPage County's only teaching hospital. It has been ranked among the 100 best hospitals in the country.

Community Consolidated School District 181 and the Hinsdale Township High School District 86 serve Hinsdale's youth. The high school district has its headquarters in Hinsdale. The School District 181 elementary schools within Hinsdale include The Lane School, Madison School, Monroe School, and Oak School. Elementary schools in District 181 that are not in Hinsdale include Prospect School, Elm School, and Walker School. Hinsdale Middle School, operated by the elementary school district, is in Hinsdale. Clarendon Hills Middle School, which also is in District 181, is in Clarendon Hills. St Isaac Jogues is a K-8 Catholic Grade School also located in Hinsdale. Hinsdale Central High School (formerly Hinsdale Township High School) is in Hinsdale.

The Hinsdale Public Library is in the west wing of the Memorial Building. It opened in 1893. The Memorial Building, the library's first permanent residence, was completed in 1929. D. K. Pearson, a director of the library association, donated his house and a portion of his estate to the library system; the donation funded a 1957 addition to the library. In 1988, the Memorial Building received an addition on the west side, and the library and the village administration swapped places.

While many Hinsdale residents commute to jobs throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, Hinsdale is also the home of many small and medium-sized businesses. Nonprofit organizations such as Hinsdale Historical Society and Hinsdale Humane Society are also based there.

According to Hinsdale's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: • # — Employer — # of Employees • 1 — UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale Hospital — 1,555 • 2 — RML Specialty Hospital — 800 • 3 — Hinsdale Township High School District 86 — 620 • 4 — Community Consolidated School District 181 — 550 • 5 — CWT — 220 • 6 — Coldwell Banker — 150

The Katherine Legge Memorial Park and Lodge, on 52 acre of woodland, was donated to the Village of Hinsdale in 1973. The lodge, built in 1927, may be rented for private and corporate events such as banquets, meetings, parties, picnics, receptions, and weddings. The park has a clubhouse with meeting rooms, a football/soccer field, a picnic area, playground apparatus, a scenic open space, a shelter, a frisbee golf course, a sledding hill, and four platform tennis courts. The 3 acre Hinsdale Community Swimming Pool is Hinsdale's public pool. The 14.7 acre Veeck Park is Hinsdale's skate park and contains a baseball field, 4 soccer/football fields, a playground, an awning for shelter in case it rains, and a sandbox by the playground. The 8.3 acre Brook Park has a ball field, a football/soccer field, a playground apparatus, and four tennis courts. The 6.55 acre Burns Field has ice skating, a covered picnic area, a playground, bathrooms/warming house, six tennis courts, 2 platform tennis courts, a sand volleyball court, and a basketball court. The 8.82 acre Pierce Park has a ball field, a football/soccer field, a picnic area, a playground apparatus, a shelter, and two tennis courts. The 14.50 acre Robbins Park has a football/soccer field, a playground apparatus, and two tennis courts. The 2.33 acre Stough Park has ice skating, a playground apparatus, and two tennis courts. The 4.04 acre Brush Hill Area has scenic open space and a sledding hill. The 1.8 acre Burlington Park has scenic open space. The 1.03 acre Dietz Park has a playground apparatus. The.91 acre Ehret Park has a shelter and scenic open space. The.98 acre Eleanor's Park has scenic open space. The 4.02 acre Highland Park has scenic open space. The 2.82 acre Melin Park has a playground apparatus. The 4.36 acre Memorial Building Grounds has scenic open space. The 2.33 acre Stough Park has scenic open space. The.89 acre Washington Circle has scenic open space. The 1.1 acre Woodland Park has scenic open space.