Glenwood

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Glenwood

Total population

8,603

Median home value

$198,100

39.7%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$77,391

Glenwood$77k

National$74k

Land area3.22 km²

Weather68°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates41.54°, -87.61°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Glenwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,662 at the 2020 census. It is a south suburb of Chicago.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Glenwood, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Kevin Drumm

American musician

Mark Derwin

American actor

Craig Hodges

American basketball player-coach

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Jeff Mariotte

writer

David Moss

American basketball player (born 1983)

Porter J. McCumber

American politician (1858–1933)

Ray Stannard Baker

American journalist (1870–1946)

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Alphonso Lingis

American philosopher (1933-2025)

A

Ariel Alexandria Davis

American actress

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Frederick Nymeyer

American businessman

Pierre Thomas

American football running back

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Terrence Shannon Sr.

American basketball player (born 1979)

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Dee Dee Davis

American actress

Chuck Martin

American football player and coach

David Liebe Hart

American entertainer

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Derrick Walker

American football player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Illinois

• Ford Heights
  2.6 mi away
• Homewood
  2.9 mi away
• East Hazel Crest
  3.1 mi away
• Flossmoor
  3.8 mi away · pop. 9,391
• Hazel Crest
  4.6 mi away
• Calumet City
  5.4 mi away · pop. 35,100
• Country Club Hills
  6.1 mi away
• Crete
  7 mi away
• Blue Island
  8.8 mi away · pop. 22,558
• Goodenow
  10.4 mi away
• Arbury Hills
  12.1 mi away
• Beecher
  13.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Glenwood

Code of ordinances, village of Glenwood, Illinois

Glenwood, Ill. · 1972

Glenwood

Ken Bult · 2011

Tombstone inscriptions, Glenwood Cemetery, Shelbyville, Illinois

Kathryn M. Lloyd · 1978

A Supplement to the Glenwood Cemetery records, Shelbyville, Ill

Kathryn M. Lloyd · 1989

The Glenwood beds as a horizon marker at the base of the Platteville formation

Arthur Charles Bevan · 1926

Stratigraphy of Middle Ordovician rocks in the zinc-lead district of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa

Allen Francis Agnew · 1956

Flood plain management study

United States. Soil Conservation Service · 1982

Mystery Flag (Wee Write Books, 15)

1994

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