Lake Forest

Lake Forest is a city in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The city is along the shore of Lake Michigan, and is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the North Shore. Lake Forest had an African-American community from very early on in its history, drawn to employment opportunities on the estates and educational institutions. It also had a small community of Jews, typified by wealthy socialites such as Albert Lasker and David Adler. The secluded style of Lake Forest was intended as a form of protection. In the 1950s, Lake Forest's population increased dramatically due to an aggressive program of real estate development and annexation of surrounding areas. In 1988, the community was annexed by Lake Forest, but did not become heavily developed for several decades. It is one of the most scenic, historical, and architecturally significant suburbs of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the city has a population of 19,367, with the majority of its residents living in the West Lake Forest neighborhood, which was once known as "West Lake Forest" The city 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. The town is considerably more accessible today, due in part to the extensive new construction taking place further west, but the much smaller neighborhood of eastern Lake Forest remains relatively secluded.

History

Lake Forest is the primary city name, but also Mettawa are acceptable city names or spellings, Green Oaks, Lincolnshire Woods on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. The Potawatomi inhabited Lake County before the United States Federal Government forced them out in 1836 as part of Indian Removal of tribes to areas west of the Mississippi River. Lake Forest's first mayor and a founder of Lake Forest College, Sylvester Lind, was a major figure on the Underground Railroad. A prominent early Lake Forest businessman was Samuel Dent, an escaped slave and Union veteran who ran a livery stable. By the 1980s, increased housing prices had encouraged some older black residents to sell their properties lucratively, but others stayed in the community. Country clubs became important centers of social activity in Lake Forest’s early decades. The Onwentsia Club was, in the words of one writer, "the premiere social and sporting club in the Midwest". In 1988, the community expanded further westward, annexing 682 acres of land surrounding Lake Forest Academy and Conway Farms Golf Club. In 1967, a group of long-time Lake Forest residents formed a land conservation organization, Lake Forest Open Lands Association. Its purpose was to express express purpose to purify the community of its virgin prairies and other nature preserves. One of the most notable features is its natural setting, which is surrounded by Lake Michigan. It is one of the more scenic, historical, and architecturally significant suburbs of Chicago. It was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw, David Adler, Frank Lloyd Wright, Arthur Heun, Jerome Cerny, Henry Ives Cobb, and modernist George Fred Keck, among others.

Geography

Lake Forest is located in the North Shore area of Chicago.According to the 2010 census, Lake Forest has a total area of 17.246 square miles (44.67 km²) of which 99.62% is land and 0.066 sq miles (0.17km²) (or 0.38%) is water. Lake Forest is home to the Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs and Chicago Blackhawks. The town is located on the Chicago River, which runs through the center of the city. It is also known as the "Lake of the Stars" because of its large lake. The lake is the source of the town's nickname, "The Lake of the Lights" The town's name is derived from the lake's name, "Lake Forest" which means "lake of the stars" or "lake" in German. It was named after Lake Forest, Illinois, where the town was founded in the 17th century. It has a population of 1,827,000 (or 1.7% of Chicago's population) and is located near Chicago's lakefront. It also has a number of lakes, including Lake Michigan and Lake Shore Lake, which is just south of Lake Forest. The city's name also comes from the town of the same name, which was once known as "Lake Lake" and was once the site of the lakefront town of "Lakeview" and "Lake Park" The city has a history dating back to the 18th century, when it was first settled.

Economy

Commercial development in Lake Forest is focused in three areas. The central business district includes a Metra commuter railroad station on the Union Pacific/North Line. The headquarters of Fortune 500 companies Tenneco, Brunswick, and Hospira are located in the city. The Chicago Bears training facility and headquarters, Halas Hall, opened in 1997 in west Lake Forest, and the Chicago Fire now train at the Bears' previous facility located on the campus of Lake Forest.Lake Forest is the base for Linking Efforts Against Drugs (LEAD), a national organization aimed at discouraging youth from getting involved in drugs. According to Lake Forest's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers are: W. W. Grainger and BFG Technologies. The city is home to the U.S. Postal Service, which was founded in 1877. It is also the home of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, which began playing in the 1960s and 1970s. Lake Forest was the site of the World Series of Poker in the 1980s and 1990s. It has been home to a number of professional sports teams, including the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bulls, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Blackhawks. It was also the location of the 1988 Winter Olympics, where the Chicago Winter Games were held. It also hosted the Winter Olympics Games in 1988 and 1988. The Winter Olympics were held at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, and at Soldier Hollow in Illinois. The 2010 Winter Games in Chicago were the first Winter Olympics to be held in the United States since 1988.

Demographics

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 19,375 people living in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 92.11% White, 4.67% Asian, 2.80% Hispanic or Latino (of any race), 1.30% of two or more races, 1.10% Black or African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.01% Pacific Islander, and 0.68% of some other race. In the city, 27.5% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.6% were from 18 to 24, 19.7% from 25 to 44, 28.6 percent from 45 to 64, and 14.6%) were 65 years of age or older. The median income for a household in theCity was $150,670, and the median income. for a family was more than $200,000. Males had a median income of $100,000+ versus $44,083 for females. The per capita income for the city is $77,092. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. The US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. The city has a population of 20,059 people, 6,687 households, and 5,329 families. The population density was 1,189.4 inhabitants per square mile (459.2/km²).

Transportation

Lake Forest has Interstate Highway access through the Tri-State Tollway (I-94) The Skokie Highway (U.S. Highway 41) runs through Lake Forest, roughly bisecting the city. Lake Forest is connected with suburbs west of it through Illinois Route 60. The city has two Metra commuter railroad stations, both of which share the same name. The Union Pacific/North Line has a station in East Lake Forest and the Milwaukee District/North line has a stations in West Lake Forest. The Lake Forest Police Department is based in the town of Lake Forest; the force has been in existence since the late 1800s. The police department was founded in 1871. The department was later absorbed into the Chicago Police Department. The Chicago Fire Department was formed in the early 1900s; the fire department is now part of the Illinois Department of Public Safety. The fire department was once the largest in the state; it is now one of the smallest in the U.S., with a population of less than 1,000. The Fire Department has been around since the early 20th century; it was the first fire department to be built in Lake Forest in the late 1930s. It is now the second largest fire department in the United States, after Chicago's Chicago Fire Station No. 1. The station was built in the mid-20th century and is located in the city's East Side. It was the only station in the Chicago area to have a station on both the Union Pacific and Milwaukee District lines.

Education

Most Lake Forest residents attend Lake Forest School District 67 and Lake Forest High School. Lake Forest also has another school district, Rondout School District 72, which serves far-eastern parts of Libertyville, and all parts of Lake Forest and Lake Bluff that lie within Libertyville Township. Students attend Libertyville High School after graduating. Most students live in Lake Forest, but some live in neighboring Lakebluff. Most schools serve grades K-8, with some middle schools serving grades 9-12. There are no colleges or universities in the town. The town has a population of about 2,000. It is located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of New Hampshire, near the New Hampshire Turnpike and the New Jersey Turnpiked Highway. The city is home to the Lake Forest Country Day School, Lake Forest Academy, and the Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart. It also has Lake Forest College and the Graduate School of Management. It has a number of private schools and private day schools for pre-school to high school students, as well as a Montessori school for students in grades 7-8. It was founded in the early 1900s and is located on the banks of the Susquehannock River. Its name comes from the town's first post-secondary school, which was established in the mid-19th century. Its current name is the School of St. Mary, which opened in the late 1800s, and it is located near Lake Forest's historic center.

Culture

Lake Forest is known for its country clubs, including the Onwentsia Club, Knollwood Club, Conway Farms Golf Club, and the Lake Forest Club. It was home to the "East-West clash of 1933", in which a team of "Westerners" (who would today be considered Midwesterners) challenged the best of the Eastern US polo teams. The match was described as a "gleaming moment in American polo, if not the very zenith of the game in this country" In the early 21st century, Lake Forest continues the tradition, and polo is played yearly throughout August. The Gorton Center, which houses the John & Nancy Hughes Theater and offers a multitude of programming; the Citadel Theatre Company; and the Music Institute of Chicago Lake Forest Campus. Lake Forest is also home to a number of golf courses, including Conway Farms and Lake Forest Golf Club. The Lake Forest Winter Club is one of the oldest golf clubs in the U.S. and was founded in the early 1900s. It is located on the banks of the Chicago River, and was once the site of the first golf course in the United States. The golf course is now owned by the Chicago Golf Club and is known as the "Lake Forest Golf and Country Club" It is also the home of the Lakeforest Country Club, which was established in the late 1800s and was the first country club in the Chicago area to play polo.

In popular culture

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, has a character named Lakey from Lake Forest. The story of a Lake Forest family, directed by Robert Redford, was filmed on location in Lake Forest in 1980. Parts of the 2009 film Public Enemies were shot at Barat College. The film Henry Gamble's Birthday Party was filmed entirely in an upscale Lake Forest neighborhood. Lake Forest is where Jimmy Murtaugh's children go to a private school in Cheaper by the Dozen 2. The central characters ofOrdinary People live in the city, where much of the story takes place. The character of Nicole Warren in Tender Is the Night has an estate in Lake forest. The main character of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers, and his family are from Lake forest, and the story begins there. In popular culture, parts of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and My Reputation were filmed in uptown Lake Forest, as well as Ocean's Twelve and Girls Just Want to Have Fun. In Chicago PD Hailey Upton, Tracy Spiridakos' character is from Lakeforest and her family is from the city. The book The Lay of the Land, by Richard Ford, is about a family who move to Lake Forest to escape the cold winters of New England. The novel is set in the 1920s and 1930s, and many of the main characters are from the area, including Frank Bascombe and his in-laws.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois = 46.3. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 28. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 22. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Lake Forest = 3.7 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 19,367 individuals with a median age of 40.7 age the population grows by 1.94% in Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,125.99 residents per square mile of area (434.74/km²). There are average 2.81 people per household in the 6,836 households with an average household income of $160,206 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 10.30% of the available work force and has dropped -4.75% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 20.20%. The number of physicians in Lake Forest per 100,000 population = 277.9.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Lake Forest = 32.9 inches and the annual snowfall = 37.1 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 110. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 190. 82 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 13.4 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 49, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois which are owned by the occupant = 82.58%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 37 years with median home cost = $731,610 and home appreciation of -13.96%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $19.95 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $9,049 per student. There are 21.1 students for each teacher in the school, 762 students for each Librarian and 466 students for each Counselor. 2.93% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 39.78% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 34.46% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).