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Northfield is an affluent village in Cook County
Cook County, Illinois

Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the List of the most populous counties in the United States county in the United States after Los Angeles County, California....
, Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is located approximately 19 mi (30 km) north of Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
, the village population was 5,389.

hfield is located at (42.101927, -87.775079). According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the village has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.7 kmē), all of it land.

f the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 5,389 people, 2,155 households, and 1,532 families residing in the village.






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Northfield is an affluent village in Cook County
Cook County, Illinois

Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the List of the most populous counties in the United States county in the United States after Los Angeles County, California....
, Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is located approximately 19 mi (30 km) north of Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000

File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990....
, the village population was 5,389.

Geography

Northfield is located at (42.101927, -87.775079). According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the village has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.7 kmē), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 5,389 people, 2,155 households, and 1,532 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 1,822.4 people per square mile (702.9/kmē). There were 2,241 housing units at an average density of 757.9/sq mi (292.3/kmē). The racial makeup of the village was 92.48% White, 0.52% African American, 0.04% Native American, 5.57% Asian, 0.43% from other races
Race (United States Census)

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, and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.67% of the population.

There were 2,155 households out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.8% were married couples
Marriage

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 living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the village the population was spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $91,313, and the median income for a family was $114,279. Males had a median income of $85,788 versus $36,567 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the village was $63,857. About 1.2% of families and 1.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and 0.9% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Northfield has a school called Middlefork (K–3) and a school called Sunset Ridge School (4–8). It shares its ZIP code (60093) with Winnetka
Winnetka, Illinois

Winnetka is a very affluent village located approximately 19 mi north of downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, Illinois. It has a population of 12,419....
. The high school is renowned New Trier High School
New Trier High School

New Trier High School is a public high school four-year high school with its major campus located in Winnetka, Illinois, Illinois, United States, and a second campus in Northfield, Illinois, Illinois, with freshman classes and district administration....
.

A small part of Northfield (east of the former Chicago and Northwestern train tracks) is served by Avoca School District 37 in Wilmette. An even smaller part (south of Winnetka Avenue between Sunset Ridge Road and the Forest Preserve) is served by Glenview School District 34 in Glenview.

Christian Heritage Academy is a private school in Northfield that serves students in preschool through eighth grade.

Northfield is also home to , a fully accredited, non-sectarian school for 2-6 year olds. The Glenview Montessori School is part of the , one of the first Montessori schools established in Illinois.

Saint Louise de Marillac High School
Saint Louise de Marillac High School

Saint Louise Marillac High School was an all-girls Catholic secondary school in Northfield, Illinois, Illinois, United States from 1967 to 1994, run by the Daughters of Charity....
 was an all-girls Catholic secondary school in Northfield from 1967 to 1994, run by the Daughters of Charity
Daughters of Charity

The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, sometimes simply referred to as Daughters of Charity, is a Roman Catholic Society of Apostolic Life of women with simple, private, annual vows, founded in 1633 and devoted to serving Jesus Christ in the persons who are poor through corporal and spiritual works of mercy....
. In 1994, Marillac merged with Loyola Academy
Loyola Academy

Loyola Academy is a private, co-educational University-preparatory school, located in Wilmette, Illinois, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago....
. The campus was sold to Christian Heritage Academy.

The local Catholic parish, St. Phillip the Apostle, also historically ran an elementary school, which closed in 2004. The facility is currently leased by the Hyde Park Day School, a University of Chicago
University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park, Chicago neighborhood of Chicago. Although an older university by the same name existed prior to its founding, the modern University of Chicago credits its founding to the oil magnate John D....
 laboratory school
Laboratory school

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 for students with learning disabilities.

Public Safety


Northfield Fire-Rescue Department

The Northfield Fire-Rescue Department, headed by Chief Michael Nystrand, is a combination department. They respond to fire related emergencies, medical emergencies, and specialized rescue situations. Operating out of one station, centrally located at 1800 Winnetka Avenue, is one engine, one ladder truck, one pumper squad, one small squad, one ALS ambulance and a variety of staff cars. The Northfield Fire Rescue Department's Paramedic program is overseen by Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, as part of Illinois EMS Region X.

Northfield Police Department

The Northfield Police Department, headed by Chief William Lustig, is a combination (full-time/part-time) department which is responsible for all law enforcement operations in Northfield as well as emergency communications (E-911) for the Village. The police department, operated out of one station within the city hall complex, is well known for professionalism and good community relations. This department is Accredited by CALEA
CALEA

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, and was one of the first in the State of Illinois to become so accredited.

Corporate residents

The headquarters of Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods

Kraft Foods, Inc. is the second-largest food and beverage company headquartered in the United States and the third largest in the world .The Philip Morris Company , acquired Kraft for $12.9 billion in 1988, eventually merging it with another food subsidiary, General Foods, which it had acquired in 1985....
 is located in Northfield. The Stepan Company
Stepan Company

Stepan Company is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals headquartered in Northfield, Illinois. The company was founded in 1932 by Alfred C. Stepan, Jr., and has approximately 1,500 employees....
, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals, is also headquartered here.

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