Hinsdale, Illinois

Hinsdale is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Cook County. It is one of the wealthiest communities in Illinois and in the United States. Hinsdale is a western suburb of Chicago with a population of 17,395 in the 2020 census.

Geography

Hinsdale is 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 , of which (or 99.18%) is land and (or 0.82%) is water.

Housing and architecture

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.: 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 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.

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Hinsdale village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!% 2000

!% 2010

|White alone (NH)

|15,884

|14,663

|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,226

|91.56%

|87.2%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |76.03%

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|136

|212

|style='background: #ffffe6; |282

|0.78%

|1.26%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.62%

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |15

|0.05%

|0.04%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.09%

|Asian alone (NH)

|775

|1,075

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,161

|4.47%

|6.39%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |12.42%

|Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4

|0.00%

|0.03%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%

|Other race alone (NH)

|11

|12

|style='background: #ffffe6; |54

|0.06%

|0.07%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.31%

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|120

|251

|style='background: #ffffe6; |705

|0.69%

|1.49%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.05%

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|414

|592

|style='background: #ffffe6; |948

|2.39%

|3.52%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.45%

|Total

|17,349

|16,816

|style='background: #ffffe6; |17,395

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

2020 census

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 . 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. 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.

Infrastructure

Transportation

thumb|The [[Hinsdale (Metra)|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.

Health care

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.

Education

Primary and secondary schools

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.

Public library

The Hinsdale Public Library is in the west wing of the Memorial Building.

Economy

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.

Top employers

According to Hinsdale's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"

! #

! Employer

! # of Employees

| UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale Hospital

|1,555

| RML Specialty Hospital

|800

| Hinsdale Township High School District 86

|620

| Community Consolidated School District 181

|550

| CWT

|220

| Coldwell Banker

|150

Parks and recreation

The Katherine Legge Memorial Park and Lodge, on 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 Hinsdale Community Swimming Pool is Hinsdale's public pool. The 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 Brook Park has a ball field, a football/soccer field, a playground apparatus, and four tennis courts. The 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 Pierce Park has a ball field, a football/soccer field, a picnic area, a playground apparatus, a shelter, and two tennis courts. The Robbins Park has a football/soccer field, a playground apparatus, and two tennis courts. The Stough Park has ice skating, a playground apparatus, and two tennis courts.