Palatine is just another simple freedom loving American town...and that's the way people like it.

Located just 28 miles from Chicago’s Loop and 14 miles from O’Hare International Airport, Palatine puts metropolitan cultural and business advantages within easy reach, while providing an away-from-it-all home town feeling for its residents.

A pleasant mix of residential, commercial, light industrial and office space, surrounded by parks and open space, provide Palatine with a solid tax base and a tranquil atmosphere.

Recreation and leisure activities abound in Palatine. Civic, religious and community groups of nearly every description welcome new and old residents alike. Dozens of homeowners associations foster sense of old fashioned neighborliness. Award winning schools are a source of tremendous pride in Palatine.

Palatine’s hometown merchants take pride in treating their customers to hometown service and attention. And why not? The shop owner may well be your neighbor, or the parent of one of your child’s friends. Many shopkeepers have family roots in Palatine that go back five generations or more.

It is all of these things and more that make Palatine a real home town.