Your Guide to Buying a Home in Brookfield, IL

Buying a Home in Brookfield, Illinois

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Brookfield is located in Cook County

Population: 18,876 Although Brookfield is best known for its world-class zoo, nearly 20,000 people call the village home. Located a short distance from Chicago, the village was founded in 1893 and has connections to some of history's movers and shakers. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, daughter of John D. Rockefeller, gifted 98 acres of land to the Forest Preserve District in 1917 and gave 100 acres more just two years later.

Despite the attraction of the zoo, visitors usually pass through the actual village of Brookfield, leaving the quiet municipality and its 19,000 residents undisturbed. The comfortable village offers a variety of homes from bungalows to bi-levels, from farm-styles to Victorians. Brookfield's picturesque Hollywood section has winding streets and borders a river, with the town of Riverside just across.

Brookfield residents can take a short ride on the Burlington Northern Railroad from any of Brookfield's train stations to reach all Chicago has to offer. High school students attend Districts 204 and 208. Grade school students attend Districts 95, 96, 102 and 103.