Lynwood

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Lynwood

Total population

9,083

Median home value

$218,000

31.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$85,237

Lynwood$85k

National$74k

Founded

1959

Land area5.01 km²

Weather78°F · Patchy Fog then Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates41.52°, -87.55°

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

Lynwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a south suburb of Chicago. The population was 9,116 at the 2020 census.

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 Lynwood, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

David S. Broder

American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

Joe Farrell

American jazz saxophonist and flutist (1937–1986)

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Ryan Grigson

Player of American and Canadian football

Kevin Drumm

American musician

John Stossel

American consumer reporter, investigative journalist, author and libertarian columnist

Paris Barclay

American television director and producer

David Moss

American basketball player (born 1983)

Jerry Colangelo

American basketball player, coach, executive

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Mike Tomczak

American football player

Porter J. McCumber

American politician (1858–1933)

Ray Stannard Baker

American journalist (1870–1946)

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Lauren Storm

American actress and model

Allen R. Schindler, Jr.

American Radioman Petty Officer Third Class in the United States Navy who was murdered for being gay

Bret Saberhagen

American baseball player

Debbie Halvorson

American politician

John Gierach

American sportswriter (1946–2024)

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

Nearby places in Illinois

• Ford Heights
  1.8 mi away
• Calumet City
  5.1 mi away · pop. 35,100
• East Hazel Crest
  6.3 mi away
• Homewood
  6.3 mi away
• Crete
  6.8 mi away
• Flossmoor
  7.1 mi away · pop. 9,391
• Hazel Crest
  8 mi away
• Country Club Hills
  9.5 mi away
• Blue Island
  11.5 mi away · pop. 22,558
• Hometown
  17.2 mi away
• Hickory Hills
  20 mi away
• Forest View
  22.9 mi away

Browse all places in Illinois →

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 Lynwood

Flood insurance study

1981

The direct primary in Georgia

Lynwood Mathis Holland · 1949

Eleven in seventy seven

De Kalb Northern Illinois University · 1977

The world observed

Bruce Jackson · 1996

Search results from Open Library.

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-17 07:15 UTC.