Winnetka () is a

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, United States, north of downtown

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. The population was 12,475 as of the 2020 census. The village is one of the wealthiest places in the United States in terms of household income. It was the second-ranked Illinois community on Bloomberg's 2019 Richest Places Annual Index. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Winnetka's median household income exceeded $250,000 in 2022.

History

The first houses were built in 1836. That year, Erastus Patterson and his family arrived from

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and opened a tavern to service passengers on the Green Bay Trail post road. The village was first subdivided in 1854 by Charles Peck and Walter S. Gurnee, President of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. Winnetka's first private school was opened in 1856 by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peck with seventeen pupils. In 1859, the first public school building was built with private funds at the southeast corner of Elm and Maple streets. The first year's budget for this school was $200. The village was incorporated in 1869 with a population of 450. The name is believed to originate from the

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, meaning 'beautiful place'. The oldest surviving house in Winnetka is th
Schmidt-Burnham Log House
Originally constructed on what is now the Indian Hill Club on the south edge of town and in 1917 moved to Tower Road, it was moved in 2003 from Tower Road to the Crow Island Woods. Winnetka's neighborhoods include estates and homes designed by distinguished architects including

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, John S. Van Bergen,

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, Robert McNitt,

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and David Adler. Among Winnetka's celebrities are actor

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and rock singer/songwriter/producer

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. Churches in Winnetka were also designed by noted architects. Among them, the former First Church of Christ, Scientist
440 Ridge Avenue
was designed in 1924 by architect Solon S. Beman. In the 1920s, a colonial Georgian house was built at 671 Lincoln Avenue. The house is now known as the famous ''Home Alone'' house for its exterior being used as a shooting location for

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in the

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, starting in 1990. The

Chicago and Milwaukee Railway The Chicago and Milwaukee Railway was a predecessor of the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) in the U.S. states of Illinois and Wisconsin. The Illinois portion was chartered on February 17, 1851, as the Illinois Parallel Railroad. Its ch ...

was built in 1855 through Winnetka, connecting its namesake cities. It eventually became the

Chicago & Northwestern Railway The Chicago and North Western was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states befor ...

. Between 1937 and 1942 the railroad tracks through Winnetka were grade separated after several people were hit at grade crossings. In 1995 the C&NW was merged into the

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. Only

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trains are operated on this track now; freight operations ended in the late 1980s. Winnetka has three Metra stations: Hubbard Woods, Winnetka, and Indian Hill. The Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee electric

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was built through Winnetka and the North Shore in the first decade of the 1900s, and the line through Winnetka was removed in 1955. This is now the

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. In 1904, the Winnetka Park District was established, making it the fourth oldest park district in the state of Illinois. Today, the park district maintains and operates 27 parks, five beaches, and golf, tennis, ice skating/hockey, and paddle tennis facilities. The

Crow Island School Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois, is an elementary school operated by Winnetka Public Schools. It is significant for its progressive philosophy and its International Style architecture. The design of its building was a collaboration betw ...

, designed by Eliel & Eero Saarinen and the architectural firm Perkins, Wheeler & Will, was declared a

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in 1990. It was declared 12th among all buildings and the best architectural design of all schools. Ten thousand people attended the opening in 1938. In 1965,

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spoke in Winnetka. A plaque dedicated to him is on the Village Green, a park in the town, where he spoke. As a result of Dr. King's open housing campaign and the North Shore Summer Project, the nonprofit now known as

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was founded.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, Winnetka has a total area of , of which (or 97.87%) is land and (or 2.13%) is water.

Northern boundary

Winnetka's northern border with Glencoe cuts through 58 homes, causing homeowners to have to pay taxes to, and seek permits from both villages. The two villages began discussing a solution during the 1920s, reaching a tentative agreement in 2007 in which each homeowner could choose a village from which to receive services while the boundary officially remained unchanged. Initially, 46 homeowners chose Winnetka, but the others had the option to choose a village later. The boundary was later updated to reflect these choices.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 12,744 people, 4,204 households, and 3,461 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 4,459 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 89.17%

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, 0.25%

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, 0.04% Native American, 3.52% Asian, 0.02%

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, 0.71% from other races, and 6.28% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 4.01% of the population. There were 4,204 households, out of which 42.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 77.88% were married couples living together, 3.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.67% were non-families. 16.34% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.44% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.31 and the average family size was 2.94. The village's age distribution consisted of 32.4% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 16.5% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males. The median income for a household in the village was in excess of $250,000, as was the median income for a family. Males had a median income of $200,944 versus $66,726 for females. The

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for the village was $134,596. About 1.7% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the

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, including 1.8% of those under age 18 and 1.3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Public schools

For the history see Arthur Zilversmit, ''Changing schools: Progressive education theory and practice, 1930-1960'' (University of Chicago Press, 1993). The Winnetka Public Schools system (District 36) consists of three elementary schools and two middle schools.Websites for public schools: K-
Hubbard WoodsCrow Island SchoolSamuel Sewall Greeley
5-
The Skokie School
7-
Washburne School
/ref> Hubbard Woods (est. 1915), Crow Island (est. 1940), and Samuel Sewall Greeley (est. 1912) Elementary Schools serve grades kindergarten through four, students in fifth and sixth grades attend the Skokie School (opened 1922) and seventh and eighth graders attend the Carleton W. Washburne School (est. 1969), named after educator

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. Winnetka's schools were modeled after Washburne's educational philosophy in an experiment called the

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. The town's schools continue to reflect his educational philosophy. Crow Island is a National Historic Landmark due to its significant architectural design. Some neighborhoods in the southern part of Winnetka are served by

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, which has schools in Glenview (Avoca West Elementary School; K-5) and Wilmette (Marie Murphy School; 6–8). Kenilworth School District 38 (Sears School; K-8) also includes a very small portion of the southeastern part of Winnetka, near Kenilworth. Winnetka is in New Trier Township, and public school students who reside in Winnetka attend

New Trier High School New Trier High School (, also known as New Trier Township High School or NTHS) is a public four-year high school whose main campus for sophomores through seniors is in Winnetka, Illinois, United States, with a campus in Northfield, Illinois, for ...

for grades 9 through 12.

Private schools

* Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired, est. 1920 * La Petite École de Chicago, Winnetka Campus (Preschool–9), bilingual school, est. 2020 *

North Shore Country Day School North Shore Country Day School is an independent school in Winnetka, Illinois. It took its current form as a coeducational school in 1919 during the Country Day School movement, though it started as the Rugby School for Boys (1893-1900) and Girto ...

(JK–12), est. 1919 * Sacred Heart School (Preschool–8), Catholic school, est. 1902 * The School of Saints Faith, Hope & Charity (Preschool–8), Catholic school, est. 1939

Media

Media outlets covering Winnetka include the
Winnetka-Glencoe Patch
', the ''

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'' ''TribLocal'', the ''Pioneer Press'', ''Winnetka Talk'', and ''The Winnetka Current''.

Infrastructure

Transportation

serves three stations in Winnetka. All provide commuter rail service along the

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. Trains travel south to

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in Chicago, and north to

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. In the downtown area is The Winnetka station. Indian Hill is on the south end of the village and Hubbard Woods is at the north end. Besides Metra, Pace Suburban Bus serves the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Winnetka has Pace Route 213 on Green Bay Road originating from Chicago

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CTA Station, branching to Northbrook Court Mall, and the Highland Park, Illinois Metra Station. Pace also has route 423 from CTA's Linden Station in Wilmette branching to The Glen Town Center in

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, then ending at Chicago's CTA Harlem Station. Pace route 423 enters Winnetka from Northfield on Willow Road, turning on to Hibbard Road, Elm Street, then Green Bay Road to Linden Station.

Notable people

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, painter, sculptor and print-maker; attended

* Trish Andrew, basketball player, attended

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, actress, attended

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, actor, attended

* Peter Baldwin, director * Page Morton Black, singer, chairperson of

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* David Bradley, director, born in Winnetka *

Ann Hampton Callaway Ann Hampton Callaway (born May 30, 1958) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and actress. She wrote and sang the theme song for the TV series ''The Nanny''. Career Callaway is a native of Chicago. Her father, John Callaway, was a journalis ...

, singer, lived in Winnetka and attended

Liz Callaway Liz Callaway (born April 13, 1961) is an American actress, singer and recording artist, who is best known for having provided the singing voices of many female characters in animated films, such as Anya (Anastasia), Anastasia in ''Anastasia (1997 ...

, singer, lived in Winnetka and attended

Katie Chang Katherine "Katie" Chang (born May 3, 1995) is an American former actress. She is known for her roles as Rebecca Ahn in ''The Bling Ring'' (2013) and Maddie Kim in ''Pantheon (TV series), Pantheon'' (2022). Since retiring from acting, Chang has wo ...

, actress, lives in Winnetka and attended

. * Anne Clarke, American-born British Labour Party politician,

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member for Barnet and Camden; grew up in Winnetka. *

Dale Clevenger Dale Clevenger (July 2, 1940 – January 5, 2022) was an American musician who was the Principal Horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1966 until his retirement in June, 2013.

, principal horn,

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* Chris Collins, basketball coach, lives in Winnetka * Richard Dickson Cudahy, jurist, lived in Winnetka * Jay Cutler, NFL quarterback, lived in Winnetka * Bruce Dern, actor, attended

* Phil Donahue, talk show host, lived in Winnetka * Conor Dwyer, Olympic swimmer, 2012 gold medalist * Christine Ebersole, Tony Award-winning actress * Neal Edelstein, film producer and director, raised in Winnetka * Deborah Eisenberg, short-story writer, winner of MacArthur Fellowship *Gil Elvgren, painter * Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO of JPMorgan Chase's Asset & Wealth Management division, raised in Winnetka * Katie Gavin, lead singer of Muna (band), Muna, graduated from New Trier High School * Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961), first architect employed by Frank Lloyd Wright; helped design Canberra, capital of Australia, grew up in Winnetka * Rick Hahn, general manager of Chicago White Sox * Carl L. Hamilton, named partner in the Booz Allen Hamilton management and information technology consulting firm * Charlton Heston, actor, lived in Winnetka and attended

* Roger Hochschild, CEO and President of Discover Financial Services, lives in Winnetka *

, actor; born and raised in Winnetka and attended

* Harold L. Ickes, former United States Secretary of the Interior, built home at 900 Private Road * Matt Kaskey, offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers * Bruce Krasberg, industrialist and horticulturist, lived in Winnetka * Kate Liu, pianist, lives in Winnetka and attended

* Georgia Lloyd (1913–1999), pacifist, writer * Henry Demarest Lloyd, activist for labor rights, woman suffrage, and against corporate corruption * Matt Lottich, basketball coach, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso * Virginia Madsen, actress, attended

* Kim Milford, actor * Penelope Milford, actress * John Moore (ice hockey), John Moore, defenseman playing in the NHL's Anaheim Ducks organization * Chris O'Donnell, actor (G. Callen on ''NCIS: Los Angeles'') * Tom O'Halleran, member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona's 1st congressional district. He lived in Winnetka while a member of the Chicago Board of Trade. * Samuel Shackford Otis, architect * Liz Phair, musician, grew up in Winnetka * Ralph Pomeroy (poet), Ralph Pomeroy, poet and writer * Eliot Porter, photographer, was born and grew up in Winnetka. * Fairfield Porter, painter and art critic, was born and grew up in Winnetka. * Janet Meakin Poor, landscape architect and plant conservationist * Clarence B. Randall, businessman * Bruce Rauner, former Governor of Illinois, former chairman of R8 Capital Partners * Pat Ryan (executive), Pat Ryan, founder and executive chairman of Aon Corporation * Donald Rumsfeld, former United States Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Defense, attended

* Jenny Sanford, former First Lady of South Carolina * Jack Steinberger, refugee from Nazi Germany, attended

, won 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics, gave Nobel medal to school * W. Clement Stone, businessman and philanthropist * Walter A. Strong, publisher of Chicago Daily News, * R. Douglas Stuart Jr., CEO of Quaker Oats and U.S. ambassador to Norway, born in Winnetka * Marlo Thomas, actress, lived in Winnetka * Paul Thomas (director), Paul Thomas, pornographic actor and director * Henry Totten, Wisconsin State Assemblyman and businessman, lived in Winnetka * Marc Trestman, former head coach of Chicago Bears, lived in Winnetka * Joe Trohman, guitarist of Fall Out Boy, attended

* Byron Trott, banker * Barbara Turf, former president and CEO of Crate & Barrel * Bernice T. Van der Vries, state legislator, lived in Winnetka * William I. Westervelt, US Army brigadier general * Rocky Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks, attended

, lives in Winnetka * Ying Quartet, originally consisting of four siblings from Winnetka; as of 2017, three siblings remain members of the ensemble

In popular culture

"Big Noise from Winnetka", a 1938 jazz song by The Bobcats, has been featured in a number of Hollywood movies, including ''Let's Make Music'' and ''Reveille with Beverly''. Winnetka was mentioned in the novel Havana (novel), ''Havana'' by Stephen Hunter. Secondary character Roger St. John Evans was mentioned as "The Big Noise From Winnetka".

Film

The film ''Home Alone (film), Home Alone'' is set in Winnetka, and featured scenes filmed at 671 Lincoln Avenue. The street address is mentioned in the film, but the street is called "Lincoln Boulevard". The opening scenes of the sequel ''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' were filmed at the same house. Over three decades after the original film's 1990 release, sightseers still visit the North Shore neighborhood, particularly around the Christmas holiday season. Numerous other films have been shot in Winnetka, including portions of films ''Ocean's 12'', ''The Breakfast Club, Breakfast Club'', ''National Lampoon's Vacation'', ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''Sixteen Candles'', ''Risky Business'', ''Planes, Trains & Automobiles'', ''She's Having a Baby'' and ''Uncle Buck''. The film ''Contagion (2011 film), Contagion'' was filmed in the area in the spring of 2011. ''Holidate'', a 2020 Netflix romantic comedy starring Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey, is set in Winnetka.

Television

A popular television program, TV series, ''Sisters (U.S. TV series), Sisters'' (1991–1996), was set primarily in Winnetka, but was not filmed there, except for some exterior establishing shots. This was also true of its erstwhile summer replacement series, ''Winnetka Road''. The characters on the TV series ''The League'' reside in Winnetka. The TV series I Didn't Do It (TV series), ''I Didn't Do It'' is set in Winnetka. The characters attend the fictional Mike Ditka, Ditka High School.

References

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External links

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