Palatine, IL

Illinois · McHenry County · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro

Palatine is a mid-size city in Illinois with a population of 66,548. Residents earn $95,950 per year, which is 28% above the national average.

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66,548 Population 4,713/sq mi density

$95,950 Median Income $49,950 per capita

$347,900 Home Value $364,894 Zillow

$1,467 Median Rent 30.1% income on rent

48°F Avg Temperature 246 sunny days/yr

62 Violent Crime/100K 453 property/100K

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Overall

3.8 / 5.0

Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

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Economy

4.6 / 5.0

$95,950 median income, 3.2% unemployment

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Affordability

4.6 / 5.0

$347,900 home value, $1,467/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

62 violent crimes/100K (84% below avg)

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Education

5.0 / 5.0

49.8% bachelor's degree or higher

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2 reported haunted locations found near Palatine, IL.

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Palatine	Fremd High School Pool - In the 1970's a girl drowned in the deep end of the pool. There has been reports of a swim suit floating in the water, and when people go in to retrieve it, the water is freezing cold where the suit is. The lockers in the Girls Locker room are also known to open and close.
Smith and Route14	Shopping Center - Right on the northeast corner of this intersection, in front of the shopping center, once stood the old Browns Chicken & Pasta restaurant, site of the infamous Brown's Chicken Massacre of 1993. On a cold January morning in 1993, police found seven murdered people stuffed in freezers in the back room of the restaurant, apparently victims of a robbery. The building had stood empty until the following year, and then it became a dry cleaning establishment. It was then when some ...

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Fremd High School Pool - In the 1970's a girl drowned in the deep end of the pool. There has been reports of a swim suit floating in the water, and when people go in to retrieve it, the water is freezing cold where the suit is. The lockers in the Girls Locker room are also known to open and close.

Smith and Route14

Shopping Center - Right on the northeast corner of this intersection, in front of the shopping center, once stood the old Browns Chicken & Pasta restaurant, site of the infamous Brown's Chicken Massacre of 1993. On a cold January morning in 1993, police found seven murdered people stuffed in freezers in the back room of the restaurant, apparently victims of a robbery. The building had stood empty until the following year, and then it became a dry cleaning establishment. It was then when some ...

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