| Tinley Park is a village located primarily in Cook County, Illinois, with a small portion in Will County. Its population was 48,401 at the 2000 census and 58,322 in the 2007 census. It is bordered by preserved forestlands, and it has large estate properties on wooded lots with well know subdivisions like Parkside and Brookside Glen. Tinley Park and its current zip codes of 60477 and 60487, is one of the fastest growing suburbs south of Chicago.
REAL ESTATE
Today, Tinley Park's historic homes and modern ranch-style homes exist side by side on spacious lots and tree-lined streets. Single-family homes can range anywhere from low-$200,000s to more than $700,000. Its proximity to Chicago makes this a very affordable and desirable community to live in. Other housing is available in condominiums and townhouses in such developments Brementowne Estates and West Point Meadows, with prices ranging from $100,000 to more than $325,000. Click here to view all of Tinley Park IL real estate listings!
EDUCATION
Tinley Park is primarily part of the Kirby School District 140 with available schools serving more than 10,000 students in the elementary, middle and high school levels. Some of the biggest schools in the area are Victor J. Andrew High School and Tinley Park High School, Prairie View Middle School and Virgil I Grissom Middle School, and Milleneum Elementary and Helen Keller Elementary Schools. Post-secondary education is easily accessible to residents of Tinley Park with only a short drive to Moraine Valley Community College, Chicago State University and DeVry University Tinley Park, as well as City Colleges of Chicago - Richard J. Daley College campus and Olive-Harvey College campus, all within 20 miles of Tinley Park.
RECREATION
There is easy access to great indoor and outdoor activities with visits to one of 40 parks including Filson Park, Corrine Deinert Park, Commissioners Park, or Pottawattomie Park, or other outdoor areas of Tinley Park including Windy City Beach Camp Resort, Greystone Golf Course and Odyssey Golf Course. Besides golfing you can hike, cycle or picnic in the summer, and cross-country ski in the winter. Tweeter Center, offers outstanding cultural venues including the Community Chorale, a children’s choir, the Poet’s Circle and much more.
SUBDIVISIONS
Avondale Meadows, Amber Meadows, Ashford Manor, Barrett Brothers, Bremen, Brementown, Bristol Park, Brookside Glen, Caldeonia, Cambridge, Cherry Creek, Cherry Hills, Chestnut Ridge, Clearview, Downtown, Eagle Ridge, Edgewater Walk, Fairfield Glen, Fernway, Hamilton Hills, Highlands, Lakewood Estates, Lancaster Highlands, Millennium Lakes, Oak Village, Odyssey, Old Tinley, Parkside, Parkview, Pheasant Lake, Pottawattomi, Steeple Run, Stonebrooke Villas, Sundale Ridge, Tanbark, The Pines, Timbers Edge, Timbers Estates, Tinley Heights, Tinley Park Place, Tinley Pointe, Tinley Terrace, Townpointe, West Pointe Meadows, Winston Commons
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