Family-friendly suburbs 45 min or less commute to Wrigley area?

[cbsmom]

Originally Posted by 4122

You can get a 3 bed house in Wilmette/Winnetka/Evanston, but they're typically no more than 2000 sq ft. There's no bad areas of Wilmette or Winnetka, but there are areas more affordable than others (away from the lake), Evanston does have some sketchy areas (by ETHS and bordering Chicago). I would also look at Northfield, Glencoe, Glenview, and Highland Park.

Northfield- most affordable in the NT district, yet still very pretty area like Winnetka, East Wilmette, North and East Evanston. The only sides is that there's not many parks and many of the streets don't have sidewalks, but it has good access to other towns unlike other North shore towns.

Glenview- Many beautiful areas especially East Glenview. Part of Glenview is in the NT district, but even if you're in the Glenbrook South boundaries, Glenbrook South is still an excellent school and although it's smaller than NT and ETHS, GBS offers around just as many class options as NT and ETHS

Glencoe- Similar to Winnetka but on a smaller scale, more affordable than Winnetka and is about as affordable as East Wilmette. Also, in the NT district.

HP- on the lake and very pretty and charming area with a great downtown. Not in the NT district, but HPHS is still and excellent school. It's also the most affordable out of al of the towns because it's further up north.

I agree with these assessments! You can definitely get a 3 bedroom in Wilmette (western Wilmette probably easier to do this in) for $450-500k-- it just may be a bit smaller, or a fixer-upper. Take a look at redfin or realtor.com to compare houses across these suburbs. I think all are solid school districts.

[MayaLucy]

Originally Posted by 4122

You can get a 3 bed house in Wilmette/Winnetka/Evanston, but they're typically no more than 2000 sq ft. There's no bad areas of Wilmette or Winnetka, but there are areas more affordable than others (away from the lake), Evanston does have some sketchy areas (by ETHS and bordering Chicago). I would also look at Northfield, Glencoe, Glenview, and Highland Park.

Northfield- most affordable in the NT district, yet still very pretty area like Winnetka, East Wilmette, North and East Evanston. The only sides is that there's not many parks and many of the streets don't have sidewalks, but it has good access to other towns unlike other North shore towns.

Glenview- Many beautiful areas especially East Glenview. Part of Glenview is in the NT district, but even if you're in the Glenbrook South boundaries, Glenbrook South is still an excellent school and although it's smaller than NT and ETHS, GBS offers around just as many class options as NT and ETHS

Glencoe- Similar to Winnetka but on a smaller scale, more affordable than Winnetka and is about as affordable as East Wilmette. Also, in the NT district.

HP- on the lake and very pretty and charming area with a great downtown. Not in the NT district, but HPHS is still and excellent school. It's also the most affordable out of al of the towns because it's further up north.

Which of these areas could we truly keep a rush hour commute to wrigley field area 45 min or less (either by car, train or both). Living within 10-15 minutes of the purple line stops in Evanston or Wilmette definitely seem to meet that guideline. I'm less clear about how it would be in, say Glenview or other areas not close to the purple line stops from where my husband would probably drive to work. I'd say 45 minutes is his absolute max, especially if it will be driving.

[chet everett]

The continual refinement of Google Maps is using data from user to build a very accurate profile of typical congestion patterns. Peak traffic delays from Glenview to Wrigley Field are most likely to occur between 6:20AM and 9:00AM but even those periods the minimum travel times are right about 30 minutes and the worst case has seen about triple that with 45 minutes very near the most common trip length -- https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Glen...1453270800!3e0

[4122]

Glenview is right next to Wilmette, so it would be about a 15 minute drive to the Linden stop on the purple line. Driving fron Glenview to work would be around 45 minutes typically during rush hour. Northfield would be about the same.

Highland Park is right on the UP North line, so it would be a 15 minute train ride to the Davis st station in Evanston, then you would tramsfer to the Davis st purple line station (literally right next to the metra station). Glencoe would be about the same and has a metra station too. Highland Park has 3 metra stations (or if you live in far north HP, then the Highwood or Fort Sheridan one would be closer, so technically 5), so no matter where in town you live, you won't be far from the train. It would be 50 minutes to an hour in HP/Glencoe if you drove during rush hour.