Lansing

History

The first family to settle in Lansing was that of August Hildebrandt in 1843. Henry, George, and John Lansing settled the area in 1846, which was incorporated in 1893. Early settlement in the village was primarily by Dutch and German immigrants. Industrial development of the surrounding Calumet region attracted immigrants from Ireland and Eastern Europe to the village in the 20th century. These settlement patterns are reflected in Lansing's current demographics; according to the census the top five ancestries that were in Lansing in 2000 were German (17%), Polish (13%), Irish (13%), Dutch (11%), and Italian (7%). However, according to City-data.com 2016 estimates, these ancestries began to change in the mid-90s and early 2000s, when most residents were of African American ancestry (8,871), followed by Latinos (4,183), and Asian (Southeast Asian) (255).

Geography

Lansing is south of the Chicago city limits at 138th Street, and from the Chicago Loop. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Lansing has a total area of , of which (or 99.24%) is land and (or 0.76%) is water. Lansing sits on the Calumet Shoreline, an ancient shoreline of Lake Michigan. Lansing is bordered by South Holland to the northwest, Calumet City to the north, Hammond to the northeast, Munster to the east and southeast, Lynwood to the south, Glenwood to the southwest, and Thornton to the west. : Calumet City : South Holland Hammond : Thornton Munster : Glenwood Munster : Lynwood

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Homewood-Flossmoor High School
  High · Flossmoor · 2,798 students · 13.9:1 ratio
• Rich Township High School
  High · Olympia Fields · 2,487 students · 12.4:1 ratio
• Thornwood High School
  High · South Holland · 1,996 students · 13.8:1 ratio
• Thornton Fractnl So High School
  High · Lansing · 1,927 students · 18:1 ratio
• Bloom High School
  High · Chicago Heights · 1,737 students · 18.7:1 ratio
• Thornton Township High School
  High · Harvey · 1,628 students · 13.9:1 ratio
• Washington G High School
  High · Chicago · 1,568 students · 15.4:1 ratio
• Bremen High School
  High · Midlothian · 1,497 students · 17.6:1 ratio