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Lake Bluff at a Glance
Population: 6,056 Housing Units: 2,075
Area: approximately 4.0 square miles
County: lake Township: shields
Government: Board-administrator
Incorporated: september 21, 1895
Distance from Chicago: 35 miles
Driving Time to Loop: 55 minutes (average); 35 minutes
to o’hare international airport. shopping and service areas:
scranton & center, carriage way shopping center (rts. 43 & 176)
Retail Sales: $225 million (2005)
Public Schools: one elementary school, one middle school
and one high school
Area Churches: 14 in lake Forest/lake Bluff area
Health Care: northwestern lake Forest hospital
Fire Protection: one station, 50 volunteer firefighters,
iso rating of 3.
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Police Protection: 12 sworn officers and 6 civilian employees.
enhanced 9-1-1 service.
Ambulance Service: Provided by the city of lake Forest
through contract.
Parks and Recreation: the lake Bluff Park District operates
nine community parks, including an 18-hole golf course, a lake
michigan beach and an olympic and children’s pool.
Library: approximately 50,000 books, 3,000+ audio-visual
items, 100 periodicals and resources from 25 area libraries
throughout the north suburban library system.
Property Taxes: located in shields township of lake county,
property is assessed at 33.33% of “fair market value.” the
2009 tax rate, payable in 2010, is 5.144 per $100 of assessed
valuation. this breaks down for the various taxing bodies as
follows for most properties in the village:
Taxing Districts 2009 Tax Rate % of Total
elementary school Dist. #65 2.084 42.0
high school District #115 1.069 21.0
Village of lake Bluff library 0.124 2.0
lake county 0.464 9.0
lake Bluff Park District 0.326 6.0
college of lake county 0.200 4.0
north shore sanitary District 0.124 2.0
lake co. Forest Preserve Dist. 0.200 4.0
shields township 0.068 1.0
clcJawa (water agency) 0.042 1.0
mosquito abatement Dist. 0.011 0.2
Village of lake Bluff 0.432 8.0
Total Tax Rate 5.144 100.0%
all rates in dollars per $100 of equalized assessed valuation.
(sanctuary subdivision resident rates are slightly different due to
water and fire protection service providers)
Transportation: metra commuter rail service via the union
Pacific north line, interstate highway access via il rt. 41 and
directly west of lake Bluff, i-94.
Water Source: lake michigan through central lake county
Joint action water agency.
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