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Chicago Area:


Greenway Planning Information for

Vernon Hills

Report Card

Miles of Greenways

3.8

Area (miles2)

8.5

Greenway Density (miles/miles2)

0.5

Grade:

C+



Population

20,120

Median HH Income

$45,833

External Links

Village of Vernon Hills official website
Village Site
Greater Chicago Housing and Community Development Website
Census Data
RTAMS: Regional Transportation Asset System (Requires a free user account)
RTAMS
Wikipedia entry for Vernon Hills
Vernon Hills

State Plans

Region Plans

County Plans

Community Plans

No plans are available on the Open Space Area level for Vernon Hills

Bike/Ped Fatalities & Injuries
Crash data from 2005
Crash SeverityCount
Pedestrian "B" Injury (non-incapacitating injury)4
Pedestrian "A" Injury (incapacitating injury)3
Bicyclist "C" Injury (possible injury)4
Greenways in Vernon Hills:
  • = Rail-Trail
  • = Waterway
  • = Rail-with-Trail
  • = Utility ROW
 Corridor Utilization
      in miles
Existing Build-
out		 Existing
———
Build-out
EJ&E corridor1.5(1st)1.8 80.3%
Des Plaines River Trail1.3(2nd)1.3 100%
ComEd ROW - Lake Cty corridor1.0(3rd)1.2 84%
Seavey Ditch corridor0.0     4.6 0%
Indian Creek corridor0.0     0.7 0%
Existing Grade Separations
    All trails in Vernon Hills cross roadways at-grade.
Needed Grade Separations
    No highway/trail crossings in Vernon Hills have been identified as needing grade separations.
Rank Among Neighbors
★ = has over 5 miles of Existing Trails
★ = has Planned Trail(s)		 Greenway Density
      miles/miles2
ExistingBuild-out