Historic districts and top-rated schools in this affluent Chicago-area village
Hinsdale, a historic village about 20 miles from Chicago, is one of the most affluent communities in Illinois. “I honestly can’t think of a better place to live and work,” says Kimberley Peirce, a broker for the Peirce Group with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Chicago who has worked in Hinsdale since her high school days. “It’s a fabulous community. I just met with a client for lunch at a cute little French bakery in Hinsdale. She’s so thrilled to be here. She has a little 5-year-old girl who can now walk to school by herself. Hinsdale has so much to offer for her family.” Large, stately homes dot historic districts, and a Metra train connects Hinsdale to downtown Chicago and surrounding communities. Top-rated schools and plentiful local shops and restaurants are also key features of Hinsdale’s appeal.
Downtown Hinsdale is full of local shops and restaurants.
Toni Patisserie & Café is a French bakery offrering pastries, cakes, and quiches.
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Large homes across historic districts
The median price for single-family homes in Hinsdale is $1.4 million, significantly higher than the national median. The village has several buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, plus two districts: Historic Downtown Hinsdale and the Robbins Park Historic District. Many homes date from the 1800s and showcase a variety of late-Victorian styles. “I see a lot of pretty amazing houses,” Peirce says. “It’s a diverse range of homebuyers. You have young families, empty-nesters and transferees moving for work who don’t want to live right in the city.” Newer construction and higher density can be found on the eastern side of North Hinsdale . “There’s not really vacant land, but there are plenty of opportunities to build,” Peirce says. “Usually it’s an older home and they’ll either rehab it or tear it down and build new.” South Hinsdale is also primarily residential.
Late Victorian homes line the streets in Downtown Hinsdale.
French Colonial homes with Tudor influences are common throughout South Hinsdale.
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Katherine Legge Memorial Park offers fun for all seasons
Hinsdale has 19 parks totaling 130 acres. Brook Park has a playground, fields and tennis and pickleball courts. Burns Field offers sports courts and fields, and Katherine Legge Memorial Park covers 52 acres with open space and a sledding hill. The seasonal Hinsdale Community Swimming Pool has concessions and a bathhouse with locker rooms. The 245-acre Salt Creek Woods Nature Preserve is just across I-294.
Burns Field features six well-maintained tennis courts.
Salt Creek Woods Nature Preserve contains 245 acres of forest and accessible trails.
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Hinsdale public schools rank among the best in Illinois
Hinsdale is served by two school districts. Community Consolidated School District 181 is for kindergarten through eighth grade, before students go to Hinsdale High School District No. 86. Niche gives both districts an A-plus and ranks the high school district the best in DuPage County. “The schools are top-rated,” Peirce says. “That’s another huge attraction for Hinsdale. I’ve had transferee clients, and though I show them other suburbs, they often wind up in Hinsdale if schools are important to them.”
Hinsdale Middle School has 751 students with an overall A+ grade according to Niche.
Hinsdale Central High School has 2,472 students with an overall A+ grade according to Niche.
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Live music at Uniquely Thursdays at Burlington Park
The Community House on 8th Street has hosted events for eight decades, including productions from Stage Door Fine Arts, a local theater company. A weekly concert series called Uniquely Thursdays takes place during warmer months at Burlington Park. “They have a farmer’s market every week in the summer,” Peirce says. “We have a Christmas Walk, too. All kinds of fun stuff.” Chicago museums, theaters and sporting events are a one-hour train ride away.
The Hinsdale Farmer's Market meets weekly every Monday in June through October.
Carolers merrily sing holiday tunes at the annual Hinsdale for the Holidays event.
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Metra express train to Chicago provides commuting convenience
The largest employers in Hinsdale are two hospitals: UChicago’s Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale Hospital and RML Specialty Hospital. Some residents commute into Chicago. U.S. Highway 34 and Interstate 294 border Hinsdale to the north and east, respectively, and Chicago’s Metra Metropolitan Rail serves Hinsdale. “People definitely use the train,” Peirce says. “There’s an express train, which is very popular, and three train stops in Hinsdale that people can walk to.” O’Hare International Airport is about 16 miles north.
Nabuki serves sushi in Downtown Hinsdale
Historic Downtown Hinsdale is home to many local businesses. “Spas, salons, flower shops, coffee shops, cute little boutiques,” Peirce says. “Downtown Hinsdale has got it all.” Plenty of dining options line downtown Hinsdale as well. “The restaurant scene is varied,” Peirce says. “You don’t have to go to the city to get a great meal. Nabuki is a sushi spot where I meet a lot of my clients for lunch. Vistro Prime has nice craft cocktails and a cute bar with excellent food. And then Fuller House is great for a drink, casual fare, or to catch a game.” Kramer Foods is a locally owned grocer.
Fuller House is a tavern in a lofty space featuring wood-fired pizza and craft beer.
Kramer Foods is a locally owned grocer with a deli, bakery, and butcher.
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Important to know
According to the Hinsdale Police Department’s 2023 annual report, property crime counts have largely dropped across categories over the past three years. Counts of violent crime have decreased as well, though there was less data available for those kinds of offenses. Chicago is known for cold winters and Hinsdale is no exception. Summers are warm, and thunderstorms are fairly common.
On average, homes in Hinsdale, IL sell after 22 days on the market compared to the national average of 49 days. The median sale price for homes in Hinsdale, IL over the last 12 months is $1,260,000, up 5% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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