Buffalo Grove, Illinois

{{short description|Village in Illinois, United States of America}} {{About|the Chicago suburb|the unincorporated Ogle County community of the same name|Buffalo Grove, Ogle County, Illinois}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Buffalo Grove, Illinois | settlement_type = Village | motto = | image_skyline = frameless|Welcoming sign in Buffalo Grove that reads "Buffalo Grove welcomes you!" | image_caption = Sign welcoming drivers into Buffalo Grove | image_flag = The_new_flag_of_Buffalo_Grove.gif | image_seal = Buffalo_Grove_New_Logo.jpg | seal_alt = Triangular seal with a Buffalo at the bottom | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 11 | mapframe-point = none | pushpin_map = United States Chicago metropolitan area#Illinois#USA | pushpin_relief = yes | pushpin_label = Buffalo Grove | mapsize = 250px | map_caption1 = Location of Buffalo Grove within Lake and Cook County  | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Illinois | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Lake and Cook | subdivision_type3 = Townships | subdivision_name3 = Vernon and Wheeling  | established_title = Incorporated | established_date = 1958 | founder = | government_footnotes = | government_type = Council–manager | leader_party = | leader_title = Village President | leader_name = Eric Smith<ref>{{cite web |title=Village Elected Officials |url=https://www.vbg.org/Directory.aspx?DID=31 |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=20 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> | leader_title1 = Village Board | leader_name1 = {{Collapsible list|title=Trustees|Lester A Ottenheimer|David Weidenfeld|Joanne Johnson|Frank Cesario|Denice Bocek|Kevin Richards}}  | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_17.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 15, 2022}}</ref> | area_total_sq_mi = 9.58 | area_land_sq_mi = 9.56 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.02 | area_total_km2 = 24.81 | area_land_km2 = 24.77 | area_water_km2 = 0.04  | population_footnotes = | population_total = 43212 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_density_sq_mi = 4518.67 | population_density_km2 = 1744.63  | timezone = CST | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 682 | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | coordinates = {{coord|42|10|03|N|87|57|42|W|display=inline,title}}  | postal_code_type = ZIP code | postal_code = 60089 | area_code = 847 and 224 | blank_name = FIPS code | blank_info = {{FIPS|17|09447}} | blank1_name = GNIS ID | blank1_info = 2397490<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2397490}}</ref> | blank1_name_sec2 = Commuter rail | blank1_info_sec2 = 50px|link=Metra | website = {{URL|www.vbg.org}} | footnotes = }}

'''Buffalo Grove''' is a village in Lake and Cook Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about {{convert|30|mi|km|sigfig=1}} northwest of Downtown Chicago and {{convert|20|mi|km}} north of O'Hare International Airport. As of the 2020 Census, Buffalo Grove has a population of 43,212. It totals {{convert|9.6|sqmi|km2}} of land, with the top three-quarters in Lake County and the bottom quarter in Cook County. Roads in the village such as Lake Cook Road and Illinois Route 83 converge on I-294. It is part of the Chicago Metropolitan Area.

Before European colonization, Native American Potawatomi tribes inhabited the present area. The name "Buffalo Grove" comes from the English translation of the Potawatomi name for Buffalo Creek, which flows through some of the village.<ref name="suburbanizing">{{cite news |last1=Goozner |first1=Merrill |title=Visiting Past |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-01-19-9101060220-story.html |access-date=15 July 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=19 January 1991|quote="the name is derived from the English translation of the Pottawatomi Indian name for Buffalo Creek...at one point...the bison and buffalo fed on our prairies"}}</ref> Initial Homesteaders sold their land to agricultural Catholic German immigrants, who established St. Mary's Church and a school. The area remained small and rural in character until housing developers began building single-family houses after the Korean War. After being incorporated in 1958, Buffalo Grove experienced a population boom for the rest of the 20th century. The village hosted a 50th Anniversary Celebration in 2008.

The village features dozens of recreational facilities, parks, and festivals, including a months-long Farmers' market, two golf courses, and the popular "Buffalo Grove Days". Buffalo Grove has an elected council-manager government with home rule status. The local government's public works department is nationally accredited. Economically, residents work in health care, education, and professional services, while businesses in the village employ 20,000 daytime workers in 10 million square feet of commercial and industrial space. The population of the village has been stagnant since the early 2000s.

==History== ===Prior to incorporation=== The first inhabitants of the region were the Illinois Confederation; they comprised multiple tribes and mainly lived in central Illinois.{{sfn|Strong|Laufer|1926|p=7}}{{sfn|Petterchak|Scheel|2005|p=11}}<ref>Most lived in central Illinois: * {{cite journal |last1=Bennett |first1=A. Milo |title=The Building of a State: The Story of Illinois: A Lecture by A. Milo Bennett, Delivered before the Press Club of Chicago, August 7, 1918 |journal=Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society |date=1920 |volume=13 |issue=3 |page=325 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40194478 |access-date=10 August 2021 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |jstor=40194478 |issn=0019-2287 |quote=Kaskaskia was the largest town...it was the capital of the state for two years}} * {{cite web |title=National Park Service - Explorers and Settlers (Old Kaskaskia Village Site) |url=https://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/explorers/sitec16.htm |access-date=10 August 2021 |date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023014755/https://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/explorers/sitec16.htm |archive-date=2012-10-23 |quote=460 houses}}</ref> Throughout the 1700s, the Iroquois, Potawatomi, and others invaded and eventually destroyed the confederation.{{sfn|Petterchak|Scheel|2005|p=11}}<ref>{{harvnb|Strong|Laufer|1926|loc=[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2838909 31]}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Rogers |first1=Gerald A. |title=The changing Illinois Indians under European influence: The split between the Kaskaskia and Peoria |type=MA thesis |publisher=West Virginia University |url=https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/4522/ |access-date=10 August 2021 |page=84 |doi=10.33915/etd.4522 |date=2009 |quote=pressure on the Kaskaskia from the Potawatomis, Sauks...forced about three hundred Kaskaskias to leave|doi-access=free }}</ref> The Potawatomi's success led them to inhabit areas near the present Buffalo Grove until 1833.{{sfn|Strong|Laufer|1926|p=16}} Being the dominant group, the Potawatomi would frequently be involved in the conflicts between Europeans, such as the Beaver Wars.{{sfn|Strong|Laufer|1926|p=31|ps=: "on the opening of the Revolutionary War the Potawatomi sided with the British, and were active from time to time..."}}<ref name="beaverwar">{{cite web |title=Museum exhibit highlights early European and Potawatomi convergence |url=https://www.potawatomi.org/blog/2018/07/13/museum-exhibit-highlights-early-european-and-potawatomi-convergence/ |website=Potawatomi.org |access-date=12 July 2021 |language=en |date=13 July 2018}}</ref> The first Europeans to stay the winter in what would become Chicago were the French Jesuit explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet in 1673; they established trade relations with the Ojibwe.<ref name="furtraders">{{cite web |title=Waukegan, IL |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1328.html |access-date=11 July 2021 |date=14 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614052004/http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1328.html |archive-date=2009-06-14 }}</ref>{{sfn|Petterchak|Scheel|2005|p=11}} They were traveling west to find the mouth of the Mississippi River to map its entirety and to spread Christianity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jacques Marquette |url=https://www.biography.com/religious-figure/jacques-marquette |website=Biography |publisher=A&E Television Networks |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bennett |first1=A. Milo |title=The Building of a State: The Story of Illinois: A Lecture by A. Milo Bennett, Delivered before the Press Club of Chicago, August 7, 1918 |journal=Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society |date=1920 |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=324–354 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40194478 |access-date=10 August 2021 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |jstor=40194478 |issn=0019-2287}}</ref>

Consistent with Native American history in the United States, the tribes in Illinois were devastated by decades of war, diseases, and the ever-encroaching American settlers. The settlers caused a dwindling of food and game; in 1829, a group of Illinois River Potawatomi signed a land cession treaty that included what would become Lake County in exchange for annual delivery of $12,000 in cash and 50 barrels of salt, $12,000 in gifts, and an exclusive blacksmith shop for them.<ref name="landcessiontreaty">{{cite web |title=Potawatomi Treaties and Treaty Rights {{!}} Milwaukee Public Museum |url=https://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-107 |website=www.mpm.edu |access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref> The Native Americans' efforts to remain on their land failed because of the pressure of westward migration, aided by the recent opening of the Erie Canal.<ref name="treatyofchicago">{{cite web |title=Lake County, Illinois History: The Treaty of Chicago, September 26, 1833 |url=http://lakecountyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/treaty-of-chicago-september-26-1833.html |website=Lake County, Illinois History |access-date=12 July 2021 |date=8 October 2010}}</ref>{{sfn|Petterchak|Scheel|2005|p=25}} They signed the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, which ceded all their lands in Illinois and Wisconsin and opened the area to white settlement.<ref name="treaty">{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Marc |title=POTAWATOMI SET UP CAMP IN LAKE COUNTY |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-07-05-9807050029-story.html#:~:text=Once%20the%20Native%20American%20Potawatomi,had%20fought%20Iroquois%20war%20parties. |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> Some Native Americans who left the area would move onto reservations in western Missouri and Kansas, while others went north into Canada or resettled in northern Michigan and Wisconsin.<ref name="treatyofchicago" /><ref name="landcessiontreaty" />

The first white settler in Vernon Township was Daniel Wright, who arrived in 1833 and established a cabin and crops with the help of remaining natives.{{sfn|Halsey|1912|p=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.26755726&view=1up&seq=558&skin=2021 532]}}<ref name="treatyofchicago" /><ref name="whitesettler">{{cite web |title=History of Vernon Township |url=http://www.vernontownship.com/history.html |access-date=12 July 2021 |date=7 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507232510/http://www.vernontownship.com/history.html |archive-date=2008-05-07 }}</ref> The first settlers in Buffalo Grove were homesteaders from New England who received land grants from the government.<ref name="rauppmuseum">{{cite web |title=Buffalo Grove History |url=http://bgparks.org/facilities/museum.aspx#bghistory |website=bgparks.org |access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref> They stayed for five years and sold their land to Catholic German immigrants fleeing poor living conditions.<ref name="rauppmuseum" /><ref name="encyclopedia">{{cite web |title=Buffalo Grove, IL |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/177.html |website=www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref> The primarily agricultural immigrants subsequently established the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church and St. Mary's School in the 1850s; they still stand today.{{sfn|Brookhaven Press|1877|p=[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=wE40AQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA314&printsec=frontcover 315]}} Buffalo Grove expanded throughout the 19th century with the additions of the first school (St. Mary's School), the Firnbach Tavern, and the Weidner General Store.<ref name="rauppmuseum" /> The General Store served many purposes in the town, such as the post office, train ticket office, polling place, and first town telephone.<ref name="generalstore">{{cite web |title=History of the General Store · Keep Your Receipts: Shopping In Buffalo Grove 100 Years Ago · The Raupp Museum Online Database |url=https://rauppmuseum.omeka.net/exhibits/show/keep-your-receipts--shopping-i/history-of-the-general-store |website=rauppmuseum.omeka.net |access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref> Before World War II, Buffalo Grove was entirely rural, consisting of less than 150 people, mostly dairy farmers.<ref name="VisitingPast">{{cite news |last1=Goozner |first1=Merrill |title=Visiting Past |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-01-19-9101060220-story.html |access-date=15 July 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=19 January 1991}}</ref>

===Incorporation and post-incorporation=== All farmers eventually sold their land to developers like Al Frank, president of Buffalo Grove Home Builders Inc., who started developing his 100-acre purchase in the 1950s for World War II and Korean War veterans.<ref name="house resolution">{{cite web |title=Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HR0918 |url=https://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HR0918&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HR&LegID=35066&DocNum=0918&GAID=9&Session= |website=ilga.gov |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="rauppmuseum" /> The demand for single-family homes near Chicago led to a wave of "suburban settlers" in Buffalo Grove; they lived in Frank's 1,000 square foot homes.<ref name="house resolution" /> Frank was instrumental in Buffalo Grove's incorporation in 1958 because he successfully recruited many people; incidentally, most of them were related to him or working for him. He had wanted to incorporate Buffalo Grove to remove his development from Cook County city planners.<ref name="VisitingPast" /> The incorporated population was 164 people.<ref name="VisitingPast" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Village of Buffalo Grove Life, Northwest Chicago, Dundee Road, Buffalo Grove Area Chamber of Commerce, Money Magazine |url=http://local.townsquarepublications.com/illinois/buffalogrove_lifestyle/main.html |website=local.townsquarepublications.com |access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref> The incorporation led to a population increase in Buffalo Grove, and as more developers came, the village annexed more land.<ref name="VisitingPast" /> Organization quickly commenced as the government created a plan commission and parks and recreation commission. Meanwhile, the government hired a professional planner to create a land-use plan, which prevented problems associated with rapid growth.<ref name="house resolution" /> Alcott School opened in 1960. In 1962, the village held its first Buffalo Days festival, and the new Buffalo Grove flag—depicting a majestic, fighting buffalo, green leaves, and gold bands—was chosen.<ref name="house resolution" />

In the 1970s, Buffalo Grove experienced an 80 percent population growth, the third-highest rate in the northwest suburbs during the decade.<ref> *{{cite web |title=Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HR0918 |url=https://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500HR0918&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=HR&LegID=35066&DocNum=0918&GAID=9&Session= |website=ilga.gov |access-date=17 July 2021|quote="the population of the village grew by more than 80 percent, the third highest rate in the northwest suburbs during the decade"}} *{{cite book |title=Population and ... Per Capita Income Estimates for Counties and Incorporated Places: East north central |date=1990 |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census |page=22 |edition=4 |url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=sOR6Iu4xt5cC&rdid=book-sOR6Iu4xt5cC&rdot=1 |access-date=17 July 2021 |language=en}} *{{cite web |title=Chapter 2 Population |url=https://www.lakecountyil.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2502/Chapter-2-Population-PDF |website=www.lakecountyil.gov |access-date=10 August 2021 |page=2 |quote=Municipalities having a population increase of 5,000 or more for each of the last five decades are listed, in descending order}} *{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=2015-06-04}}</ref> The increasing population caused the village to continue to annex subdivisions such as the Highlands, Green Knolls, and Windfield and establish home rule status, thereby allowing the government greater ability to solve local problems.<ref name="house resolution" /> In addition to residential subdivisions, the Buffalo Grove Commerce Center was developed in 1981 with 50 acres of industrial park at Lake Cook Road and the Soo Line Railroad tracks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo-Grove-Commerce-Center |url=https://westmountrc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Buffalo-Grove-Commerce-Center.pdf |website=westmountrc.com |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> In the mid-1980s, the Corporate Grove industrial park was built to the east, and Buffalo Grove Business Park was constructed to the west.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Corporate Grove in Buffalo Grove |url=https://www.vvco.com/the-corporate-grove/ |website=Van Vlissingen and Co. |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Grove Business Park |url=https://www.hamiltonpartners.com/business_park/buffalo-grove-business-park/ |website=Hamilton Partners |access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> The Arbor Creek Business Center at Aptakisic Road and Barclay Boulevard, and Covington Corporate Center on Busch Road were also developed.<ref name="encyclopedia" /> Important buildings and organizations were completed in the 1970s, including Buffalo Grove High School, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, the park district, Indian Trails Public Library, and Vernon Area Public Library.<ref name="BGTurns60">{{cite web |last1=Mayer |first1=Richard |title=BG Turns 60: A Look Back On Village's Early Years, Rapid Growth {{!}} Journal & Topics Media Group |url=https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/boom-goes-bg/ |website=Journal Online |access-date=17 July 2021 |date=22 March 2018}}</ref> In 1992, village representatives successfully pushed for a United States Postal Service in Buffalo Grove, the first main postal facility built in the United States in twenty years.<ref name="house resolution" /> The lack of a postal facility had many problems for residents, such as long lines, congestion, and parking hassles at the Wheeling facility.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Allan |title=A NEW START FOR BUFFALO GROVE, 60089 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-02-24-9201170924-story.html |access-date=17 July 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=February 24, 1992}}</ref> In 2006, the village became one of the first official smoke-free communities by banning smoking in public places and work environments.<ref name="house resolution" />

==Geography== Buffalo Grove is a suburb of the city of Chicago, located in the extreme northeastern region of Illinois. Lake Cook Road splits Buffalo Grove into two parts: the Lake County Vernon Township portion and the Cook County Wheeling Township portion.{{sfn|Lake Cook Corridor|2017|p=33}} Around three-quarters of the village is in Vernon Township. Both parts differ in their demographics and similarities with neighboring communities. Buffalo Grove shares a border with Wheeling to its southeast, Arlington Heights to its southwest and south, Riverwoods and Deerfield directly east, Lincolnshire to its northeast, Vernon Hills directly north, and Long Grove to its west and northwest. Unincorporated Prairie View is in two parts of the village. One large portion in the north includes Didier Farms, while the much smaller portion is on the Horatio Gardens subdivision just northeast of the intersection of Weiland Road and Pauline Avenue.<ref name="mapofBG">{{cite web |title=Map of Buffalo Grove, Illinois |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Buffalo+Grove,+IL/@42.1612413,-87.999018,12z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x880fbc0db73e17df:0x93b86f7936dde6d5!8m2!3d42.1662831!4d-87.9631308 |website=Google Maps |publisher=Google LLC |access-date=7 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Illinois Route 83 leads north towards central Lake County and south towards O'Hare International Airport. East–west streets can take residents east to Lake Michigan and other North Shore suburbs such as Lake Forest, Highland Park, and Glencoe.<ref name="mapofBG" />

According to the 2020 US gazetteer files, the village has a total area of {{convert|9.58|sqmi|km2 ha}}, of which {{convert|9.563|sqmi|km2 ha}} is land, and {{convert|0.017|sqmi|km2 ha}} (or 0.31%) is water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/> Willow Stream Park is the largest park in Buffalo Grove at 54 acres. It includes picnic areas, handicap-accessible preschool and elementary play areas, sports fields, and bike paths.<ref>{{cite web |title=Park Maps {{!}} Buffalo Grove Park District {{!}} Buffalo Grove IL |url=http://bgparks.org/information/park-maps.aspx |website=bgparks.org |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> Buffalo Creek is a forest preserve located adjacent to Buffalo Grove.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve · 18163 Checker Rd, Long Grove, IL 60047 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Buffalo+Creek+Forest+Preserve/@42.1600724,-87.9891587,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x880fbcbf2b2661dd:0xe0c14705d4b13fec!8m2!3d42.1600724!4d-87.98697 |website=Google Maps |publisher=Google LLC |access-date=18 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Before European settlement, the area featured a tallgrass prairie dotted with small wetlands and even now is a nesting spot for grassland birds, including bobolinks and eastern meadowlarks. Improvements in the 2010s include 1.7 miles of trails, seven boardwalks, two scenic overlooks, and a reservoir expansion. Buffalo Creek also functions as flood control and is built to look like a naturally occurring wetland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Creek {{!}} Lake County Forest Preserves |url=https://www.lcfpd.org/buffalo-creek/ |website=www.lcfpd.org |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> Buffalo Grove is in the Des Plaines River watershed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Major Watershed of Illinois |url=https://www.isws.illinois.edu/docs/default-source/maps/major-watersheds-illinois-2000-01.pdf?sfvrsn=b7aba970_2 |website=www.isws.illinois.edu |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Subwatershed Map of Lake County |url=http://www.lakecountyil.gov/Stormwater/PublishingImages/watershed8x11_resize.jpg |access-date=18 July 2021 |date=27 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527233705/http://www.lakecountyil.gov/Stormwater/PublishingImages/watershed8x11_resize.jpg |archive-date=2010-05-27 }}</ref>

{{Geographic Location |title = '''Places neighboring Buffalo Grove, Illinois''' |Centre = Buffalo Grove, Illinois |North = Vernon Hills / Prairie View |Northeast = Lincolnshire |East = Riverwoods / Deerfield |Southeast = Wheeling |South = Wheeling / Arlington Heights |Southwest = Arlington Heights |West = Long Grove |Northwest = Long Grove }}

===Climate=== {{Main|Climate of Chicago}}

Due to its proximity to the city, Buffalo Grove's climate shares many of the same traits as Chicago. Buffalo Grove lies in a humid continental climate zone (Köppen: ''Dfa'') and experiences four distinct seasons.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/40083/metz_Vol_15_No_3_p259-263_World_Map_of_the_Koppen_Geiger_climate_classification_updated_55034.pdf |title=World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated |journal=Meteorologische Zeitschrift |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=259 |date=November 6, 2008 |access-date=July 17, 2021 |bibcode=2006MetZe..15..259K |last1=Kottek |first1=Markus |last2=Grieser |first2=Jürgen |last3=Beck |first3=Christoph |last4=Rudolf |first4=Bruno |last5=Rubel |first5=Franz |doi=10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130 }}</ref> Buffalo Grove receives an average of {{convert|28.93|in|mm}} of precipitation each year.<ref name="weather" /> According to MyForecast, Buffalo Grove's record high is 104 °F (40 °C), and the record low is −24 °F (−31.1 °C).<ref name="historicalinfo">{{cite web |title=Almanac: Historical Information |url=https://myforecast.co/bin/climate.m?city=14675&metric=false |website=myforecast.co |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> Summers are hot and humid, with frequent heat waves. July is the hottest month, and the daily average temperature is 84 °F (28.9 °C), while the daily low temperatures are around 65 °F (18.3 °C).<ref>{{cite web |title=Average Weather in July in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States - Weather Spark |url=https://weatherspark.com/m/14240/7/Average-Weather-in-July-in-Buffalo-Grove-Illinois-United-States |website=weatherspark.com |access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref> On average, summer temperatures reach at least 90 °F (32 °C) on as many as 16 days.<ref name="historicalinfo" /> Winters are relatively cold and snowy, with blizzards sometimes occurring, as in 2011. There are many sunny but cold days in winter. The average winter high from December through March is about 34 °F (1.1 °C), with January and February being the coldest months; a polar vortex occurred in January 2019. Spring and autumn are mild, short seasons. Dew point temperatures in the summer range from an average of 56 °F (13.3 °C) in June to 62 °F (16.7 °C) in July.<ref name="historicalinfo" /> Like all Chicago suburbs, Buffalo Grove lies within USDA plant hardiness zone 5b.<ref>{{cite web |title=USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map |url=https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/ |access-date=18 July 2021 |date=27 February 2014|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227032333/http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ |archive-date=2014-02-27 }}</ref>

{{Weather box |location = Buffalo Grove, IL |single line = Y |collapsed = Y |Jan high F = 28 |Feb high F = 31.5 |Mar high F = 43.3 |Apr high F = 54.1 |May high F = 65.8 |Jun high F = 75.7 |Jul high F = 81 |Aug high F = 79.7 |Sep high F = 73 |Oct high F = 59.7 |Nov high F = 45.5 |Dec high F = 34.5

|source 1 = Weather Atlas<ref name="weather">{{cite web |publisher=Yu Media Group |title=Buffalo Grove, IL - Detailed climate information and monthly weather forecast |url=https://www.weather-us.com/en/illinois-usa/buffalo-grove-climate |website=Weather Atlas |access-date=17 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |date=July 2021 }}

==Demographics== {{Main|Demographics of Chicago}} {{Further|History of the Jews in Chicago}} {{US Census population |1960= 1492 |1970= 12333 |1980= 22230 |1990= 36427 |2000= 42909 |2010= 41496 |2020= 43212 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> | align = right }}

Originally incorporated with 164 people, Buffalo Grove experienced a population boom during its first few decades because of the suburban craze following World War II and the Korean War.<ref name="house resolution" />

===Racial and ethnic composition=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Buffalo Grove village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition''' {{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}} !Race / Ethnicity (''NH = Non-Hispanic'') !Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Buffalo Grove village, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US1709447&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Buffalo Grove village, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1709447&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date= }}</ref> !{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Buffalo Grove village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1709447&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2000 !% 2010 !{{partial|% 2020}} |- |White alone (NH) |37,121 |31,813 |style='background: #ffffe6; |26,672 |86.51% |76.67% |style='background: #ffffe6; |61.93% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |317 |405 |style='background: #ffffe6; |517 |0.74% |0.98% |style='background: #ffffe6; |1.20% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |16 |32 |style='background: #ffffe6; |36 |0.04% |0.08% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.08% |- |Asian alone (NH) |3,613 |6,625 |style='background: #ffffe6; |11,865 |8.42% |15.97% |style='background: #ffffe6; |27.46% |- |Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) |5 |17 |style='background: #ffffe6; |6 |0.01% |0.04% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01% |- |Other race alone (NH) |44 |65 |style='background: #ffffe6; |115 |0.10% |0.16% |style='background: #ffffe6; |0.27% |- |Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) |368 |499 |style='background: #ffffe6; |1,057 |0.86% |1.20% |style='background: #ffffe6; |2.45% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |1,425 |2,040 |style='background: #ffffe6; |2,854 |3.32% |4.92% |style='background: #ffffe6; |6.60% |- |'''Total''' |'''42,909''' |'''41,496''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''43,212''' |'''100.00%''' |'''100.00%''' |style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%''' |}

===2020 census=== As of the 2020 census, Buffalo Grove had a population of 43,212, a 4.1% increase of 1,716 people from 2010.<ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N%2CP1_003N%2CP1_004N%2CP1_005N%2CP1_006N%2CP1_007N%2CP1_008N%2CP1_009N%2CP2_001N%2CP2_002N%2CH1_001N%2CH1_002N&for=place%3A09447&in=state%3A17|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 26, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name=2010CensusP2/><ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME%2CDP1_0021P%2CDP1_0024P%2CDP1_0025C%2CDP1_0049C%2CDP1_0045C%2CDP1_0069C%2CDP1_0073C%2CDP1_0125P%2CDP1_0126P%2CDP1_0129P%2CDP1_0133P%2CDP1_0137P%2CDP1_0138P%2CDP1_0139P%2CDP1_0141P%2CDP1_0142P%2CDP1_0143P%2CDP1_0145P%2CDP1_0146P%2CDP1_0147C%2CDP1_0148C%2CDP1_0149C%2CDP1_0156C%2CDP1_0157C%2CDP1_0158C%2CDP1_0159P%2CDP1_0160P&for=place%3A09447&in=state%3A17|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 26, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> The median age was 42.4 years. 23.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.2% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 93.6 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.5 males.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME%2CP2_002N%2CP2_003N&for=place%3A09447&in=state%3A17|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=April 26, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

There were 16,404 households, of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 63.0% were married-couple households, 12.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 21.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

There were 17,032 housing units, of which 3.7% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.0% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.7%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

===Income and poverty=== The educational attainment of Buffalo Grove citizens were 97.7% graduating high school, 6.3% having an associate degree, 38.1% having a bachelor's degree, and 28% having a master's degree or professional degree. The median property value for owner-occupied houses was $332,300. Median household earnings were $115,951; men's median earnings were $92,984; women's median earnings were $66,705. The poverty rate was 3.4%.<ref name="CensusEducationIncomeEtc.">{{cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1709447 |website=data.census.gov |access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>

===Religion=== Like many other northwest suburbs, Buffalo Grove contains a large Jewish population. Jewish immigrants in the 20th century moved from Germany and Eastern Europe to Chicago, and many enjoyed economic mobility throughout the first half of the 20th century.{{sfn|Cutler|1994|p=159}} The German immigrants tended towards Reform Judaism in America while the Russian and Hungarian immigrants usually practiced Orthodox Judaism because they stuck with traditions from home.{{sfn|Cutler|1994|p=578}} Despite Jewish success in Chicago, the younger generation left for the suburbs. Vacant land, reasonably priced housing, and a desire for single-family housing attracted many. Their high income and improved mobility from the automobile allowed them.{{sfn|Cutler|1994|p=159}} In 1995, the population of the northern suburbs was around ten to 25 percent Jewish, with Buffalo Grove being over 25 percent.{{sfn|Cutler|1994|p=168}} Buffalo Grove had six synagogues in 1995. Since the 1980s, the Jewish population has declined due to less immigration to the US, low birthrate, assimilation, intermarriage, and lack of Jewish identity.{{sfn|Cutler|1994|p=169}}

===Demographic estimates=== In 2011, 16% of Buffalo Grove's residents were Asian, the seventh-highest percent in Chicago suburbs.<ref name="SelvamAsianPop">{{cite web |last1=Selvam |first1=Ashok |title=Asian population booming in suburbs |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110306/news/703069929/ |website=Daily Herald |access-date=19 July 2021 |date=6 March 2011}}</ref> The particular Asians most represented in Buffalo Grove are Japanese Americans, Indian Americans, and Korean Americans.<ref name="asians">{{cite web |last1=Wei |first1=Jiahe “Caitlyn” |title=Chicago's Asian Cultures |url=http://news.aag.org/2015/01/chicagos-asian-cultures/ |website=AAG Newsletter |access-date=19 July 2021 |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> The schools, housing, work opportunities, religious institutions, ethnic businesses, and entertainment attract moving families.<ref name=SelvamAsianPop /> Also, NeighborhoodScout routinely ranks Buffalo Grove as one of the top 100 safest cities in the US, and some years, the top ten.<ref>{{cite web |title=NeighborhoodScout's Safest Cities in America – 2021 |url=https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/top100safest |website=NeighborhoodScout |access-date=25 July 2021 |date=2 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Illinois features prominently on 2018's safest US cities list |url=https://chicagoagentmagazine.com/2018/02/26/illinois-cities-prominent-2018s-safest-u-s-cities-list/ |website=Chicago Agent Magazine |access-date=25 July 2021 |date=26 February 2018}}</ref>

Being a suburb, Buffalo Grove attracts families looking for a good environment to raise children and avoid the downfalls of living in a city.{{sfn|VBG|p=8|ps=none}} According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey data estimates for 2015–2019, 3.3% of households were cohabiting couples. Of all households, 28.6% had one or more people 65 years and over, and the average household size was 2.66. In the village, 41.6% spoke a language other than English at home, 32.5% of the population was aged 18 to 44 years, and 30.0% was aged 45 to 64 years.<ref name="Census2019DetailedData">{{cite web |title=Narrative Profiles |url=https://www.census.gov/acs/www/data/data-tables-and-tools/narrative-profiles/2019/report.php?geotype=place&state=17&place=09447 |website=www.census.gov |access-date=21 July 2021 |language=EN-US}}</ref>{{sfn|U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau|2002|p=368}}

==Economy== {| class="floatright" cellpadding="3" style="margin:1 1em 1em 0; border:1px #bbb solid; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:80%; text-align:left;" |- style="text-align:center; background:steelblue; white-space: nowrap;" !colspan=3|'''Buffalo Grove''' |- style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;" !colspan=3|Employment by industry in 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US17_1600000US1709447&tid=ACSDP5Y2019.DP03&hidePreview=true&moe=false |website=data.census.gov |access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref> |- style="text-align:center;border-bottom:solid 1px;margin-bottom:.2em;width:66%;text-align:left;color:black;font-weight:bold;" | Industry | Employment | Percentage |- | Education and health care | 4,410 | 19.4% |- style="background:#eee;" | Professional, scientific, management | 4,175 | 18.3% |- | Manufacturing | 3,277 | 14.4% |- style="background:#eee;" | Finance, insurance, real estate | 2,572 | 11.3% |- | Retail trade | 2,510 | 11.0% |- style="background:#eee;" | Art, entertainment, recreation, food | 1,335 | 5.9% |- | Wholesale trade | 1,192 | 5.2% |- style="background:#eee;" | Transportation, warehousing, utility | 883 | 3.9% |- | Other services | 733 | 3.2% |- style="background:#eee;" | Construction | 686 | 3.0% |- | Information | 514 | 2.3% |- style="background:#eee;" | Public administration | 405 | 1.8% |- | Agriculture, forestry, hunting | 79 | 0.3% |-style="background:#eee;" ! Total ! 22,771 ! 100% |} [[File:Former Zenith Data Systems Headquarters Buffalo Grove, Illinois 2024.jpg|thumb|2150 E. Lake Cook Road Building, formerly the headquarters of the computer manufacturer Zenith Data Systems]] The Buffalo Grove economy includes several corporate business parks, a diverse retail market, and professional services.<ref name="GuideToLocalActivities">{{cite web |title=A Citizens Guide to Local Financial Activities |url=https://cms9files.revize.com/buffalogroveil/Document_center/Your%20government/Open%20Government/Financial%20Reports/2018%20VBG%20PAFR%20Final.pdf |website=cms9files.revize.com |access-date=25 July 2021 |location=Buffalo Grove |page=3 |date=December 31, 2018 |quote=The Village’s commercial base includes several corporate business parks, a diverse retail sector and a wide range of professional services, including medical facilities.}}</ref> The 20,000-day workers operate in ten million square feet of commercial and industrial space.{{sfn|Lake Cook Corridor|2017|p=4}} Retail areas are Town Center, Chase Plaza, and individual businesses in smaller commercial centers.<ref>{{harvnb|Lake Cook Corridor|2017|p=3}}: "Complementing these two larger centers are smaller commercial centers and businesses."</ref> Town Center has declined since being built in the 1980s. According to consultants of the village, it lacks a theme, has little street access and walkability, and has physically deteriorated.<ref>{{harvnb|Lake Cook Corridor|2017|p=19}}: "Buffalo Grove Town Center...lacks clear access points, street visibility and walkability. It...has no unifying theme to its design or layout. The physical condition of the assets shows age and deterioration..."</ref> Industrially, Buffalo Grove is stronger. In 2017, industrial property vacancy was lower than that of the Chicago metro area and the US; also, the average gross rent was double that of the area average, suggesting that demand for property was high in the village.{{sfn|Lake Cook Corridor|2017|p=17}}

The village government incentivizes multiple companies to operate in the village. Because Hines Supply has been the largest sales tax generator in Buffalo Grove, the village created a tax agreement in 2000 that—after being amended a few times—will last until 2040.<ref name="Hines">{{cite web |title=Incentive Agreement Keeps Hines Lumber In Buffalo Grove For Next 20 Years {{!}} Journal & Topics Media Group |url=https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/incentive-agreement-keeps-hines-lumber-in-buffalo-grove-for-next-20-years/ |website=Journal Online |access-date=23 July 2021 |date=21 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Edward Hines Lumber Co |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/HINE:US |website=Bloomberg |access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref> The agreement requires the village to rebate 60 percent of the total sales tax collected.<ref name="Hines" /> The village also created a $7 million tax agreement to incentivize the long-awaited and popular Woodman's Markets to open in Buffalo Grove. It attracts shoppers from up to an hour away.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wachter |first1=Ronnie |title=Buffalo Grove approves $7 million incentive for Woodman's Food Market project |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/buffalo-grove/ct-bgc-woodmans-tl-0630-20160621-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=25 July 2021 |date=June 21, 2016}}</ref> The arrival spurred build out on Milwaukee Avenue and is part of Deerfield Parkway's 25 acres of commercial development.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zalusky |first1=Steve |title=Long-awaited Woodman's opening this week in Buffalo Grove |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180828/long-awaited-woodmans-opening-this-week-in-buffalo-grove |website=Daily Herald |access-date=23 July 2021 |date=28 August 2018}}</ref> Other companies in tax agreements are Business IT Source Inc. and ThermFlo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rockrohr |first1=Phil |title=Vernon Hills company plans to relocate, expand to Buffalo Grove under incentive deal |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/buffalo-grove/ct-bgc-buffalo-grove-business-incentive-tl-1207-20171129-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=25 July 2021 |date=November 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rockrohr |first1=Phil |title=Wheeling manufacturer ThermFlo moving to Buffalo Grove |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/buffalo-grove/ct-bgc-business-move-tl-0901-20160829-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=25 July 2021 |date=August 29, 2016}}</ref>

In 2015, 72.5 percent of residents were in the labor force; the unemployment rate was 3.5 percent, a little lower than Lake County's rate of 5.1 percent. Of those employed in 2015, 15.9 percent worked in Chicago, 5.7 percent worked in Buffalo Grove, and less than 4 percent in Arlington Heights, Schaumburg, and Wheeling. Around 10 percent of those employed in Buffalo Grove lived in Chicago, while 7.4 percent lived and worked in Buffalo Grove.{{sfn|CMAP|p=9|ps=none}}

In 2019, the top five employers in Buffalo Grove were Siemens Building Technologies with 1,800 employees, I.S.I (business consulting) at 1,200, ESS (business consulting) at 550, Plexus Corp (an electronic parts supplier) at 370, and Veritas Document Solutions (commercial printer) at 300. Other large employers include US LBM Holdings, LLC (Hines Supply is a subsidiary), the Village of Buffalo Grove, ARxIUM, Vapor Bus International, HP Tuners, and Leica Microsystems Inc.<ref>{{cite web |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports |url=https://www.vbg.org/your_government/village_services/administrative_services/comprehensive_annual_financial_reports.php |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=23 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>{{rp|179}}

==Arts and culture== The Raupp Museum, operated by the Buffalo Grove Park District, chronicles the town's history, starting with the Potawatomi and ending at the "bustling suburb of today".<ref name="Galleries">{{cite web |title=Raupp Museum {{!}} Buffalo Grove Park District {{!}} Buffalo Grove IL |url=http://bgparks.org/facilities/museum.aspx#Galleries |website=bgparks.org |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref> In 1964, the Raupp brothers donated their land to the Park District with the wish that they make it a library or museum.<ref name="RauppHistory">{{cite web |title=About Us {{!}} THE RAUPP MUSEUM |url=http://rauppmuseum.wordpress.com/about/ |access-date=29 July 2021 |date=2 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102190412/http://rauppmuseum.wordpress.com/about/ |archive-date=2014-01-02 }}</ref> Dedicated in 1979, the museum regularly receives grants from the state, allowing it to contain and preserve two permanent gallery spaces and changing exhibits while serving around 9,000 visitors a year.<ref>{{cite web |title=About · The Raupp Museum Online Database |url=https://rauppmuseum.omeka.net/about/ |website=rauppmuseum.omeka.net |access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Owens-Schiele |first1=Elizabeth |title=Buffalo Grove museum reaches a 'Crossroads' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/buffalo-grove/ct-xpm-2013-02-05-ct-tl-buffalo-grove-raupp-museum-grant-20130207-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=29 July 2021 |date=February 5, 2013 |quote=the local history museum served an estimated 9,000 visitors last year}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Raupp Museum {{!}} Buffalo Grove Park District {{!}} Buffalo Grove IL |url=http://bgparks.org/facilities/museum.aspx |website=bgparks.org |access-date=29 July 2021 |quote=Raupp Museum receives state grant}}</ref> In 2014, the Buffalo Grove Park District opened the Community Arts Center, which houses a theater space and classrooms. The Park District's local theater company, Big Deal Productions, uses the theater.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Performing Arts {{!}} Buffalo Grove Park District {{!}} Buffalo Grove IL|url=http://bgparks.org/program/performing.aspx|access-date=2021-05-11|website=bgparks.org}}</ref>

The Buffalo Grove Town Center, a major shopping and retail destination within the village, is located at the Buffalo Grove Road and McHenry Road intersections with Lake Cook Road.<ref name="towncenter">{{cite web |last1=Kerch |first1=Steve |title=SUBURB BUILDS A NEW DOWNTOWN |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-01-01-8902220180-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=31 July 2021 |date=January 1, 1989}}</ref> It accommodates the Buffalo Grove Theater and Bowlero: a bowling, arcade, laser tag, and birthday party venue.<ref>{{harvnb|Lake Cook Corridor|2017|p=3}}: "The largest retail center, Town Center, anchors the east side of the corridor with more than 194,000 square feet of retail space. Its tenants include Bowlero, Buffalo Grove Theater, and Giordano’s."</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Plan An Event at Our Bowling Locations {{!}} Bowlero |url=https://www.bowlero.com/parties |website=www.bowlero.com |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref> The Town Center has struggled throughout its existence, with the original development taking 17 years and redevelopment stagnating.<ref name="towncenter" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mayer |first1=Richard Mayer |title=Clock Ticking On Buffalo Grove Town Center, TIF Plans {{!}} Journal & Topics Media Group |url=https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/clock-ticking-on-buffalo-grove-town-center-tif-plans/ |website=Journal Online |access-date=31 July 2021 |date=14 May 2021}}</ref> The Buffalo Grove Invitational Fine Arts Festival was year-round at the Buffalo Grove Town Center in mid-July, with over 30,000 visitors attending on average.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Grove Invitational Fine Art Festival {{!}} Illinois Arts Council Agency |url=https://www.illinoisartfairdirectory.org/node/293 |website=www.illinoisartfairdirectory.org |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref> The last festival occurred in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Grove Invitational Fine Art Festival {{!}} Illinois Arts Council Agency |url=https://www.illinoisartfairdirectory.org/node/2760 |website=www.illinoisartfairdirectory.org |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>

The village is home to St. Mary's Church, founded in the 1850s by the Catholic population, and originally made up of ten members. The second church burned and was replaced by the current main structure in 1899. An expansion was undertaken in 1979 to construct a new sanctuary abutting the previous building. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the community worshipped in the school's chapel. {{sfn|Brookhaven Press|1877|p=[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=wE40AQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA314&printsec=frontcover 315]}} The Gothic architecture contains miniature spires, wood tending, and stained windows which tower above the surrounding country.<ref name="church">{{cite web |title=Saint Mary Parish History |url=http://www.stmarybg.org/history |website=stmarybg.org |access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref> Buffalo Grove had six synagogues in 1995.<ref name="encyclopedia" />

===Annual cultural events=== thumb|2019 pride parade Buffalo Grove holds approximately ten events throughout the year, the largest being Buffalo Grove Days in September. The multi-day festival occurs at Mike Rylko Community Park, 951 McHenry Road., located on the east side of McHenry/Route 83, between Buffalo Grove Road and Deerfield Parkway, next to the Spray ’n’ Play waterpark.<ref>{{cite web |title=FAQ's {{!}} Buffalo Grove Days |url=https://www.bgdays.com/more-info/faqs/ |website=bgdays.com |access-date=31 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It features carnival games, roller coaster rides, arts and craft booths, food vendors, live music, and a parade held at the beginning of the festival. The festival usually attracts residents from Buffalo Grove and neighboring communities. Another prominent event is the Farmers' Market, also held at Mike Rylko Community Park. It lasts every Sunday morning from June to October, presenting "locally grown fruits, vegetables, condiments, gourmet coffee and pastries, and more".<ref name="FarmMarket">{{cite web |title=Farmers Market |url=https://www.vbg.org/resident_services/community_events/farmers_market.php |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref> In addition, businesses sponsor booths while non-profits showcase local organizations and businesses.<ref name="FarmMarket" />

On June 2, 2019, Buffalo Grove held its inaugural pride parade, organized by the Pinta family, and has continued hosting annually.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peregrin |first1=Tony |title=How a 13-year-old girl brought LGBTQ pride to Buffalo Grove |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/molly-pinta-buffalo-grove-inaugural-pride-parade-and-festival/Content?oid=70623766 |website=Chicago Reader |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zalusky |first=Steve |title=Pride flag now flying over Buffalo Grove's Ernie Karge Rotary Village Green |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20220607/pride-flag-now-flying-over-buffalo-groves-ernie-karge-rotary-village-green |access-date=9 June 2022 |work=Daily Herald |date=7 June 2022}}</ref> Other events and programs in Buffalo Grove include Rotary Village Green concerts, Lawn Chair Lyrics, Movies Under the Stars, Green Fair, Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band, Buffalo Grove Singers, National Night Out, Fourth of July Fireworks, and Golf at Buffalo Grove and Arboretum Golf Courses.<ref name="GuideToLocalFinancialActivities">{{cite web |title=A Citizens Guide to Local Financial Activities |url=https://cms9files.revize.com/buffalogroveil/Document_center/Your%20government/Open%20Government/Financial%20Reports/2018%20VBG%20PAFR%20Final.pdf |access-date=31 July 2021 |page=4 |date=December 31, 2018}}</ref>

===Libraries=== thumb|The Vernon Area Library, located just east of the border in neighboring Lincolnshire. The Indian Trails Public Library District serves Wheeling Township Buffalo Grove and a small portion of Lake County Buffalo Grove.<ref>{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://gisc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=e66eebc51edd434d9efeac0411df98c0 |website=gisc.maps.arcgis.com |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=District Map |url=https://www.indiantrailslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/District-MapBoundaries2018website.pdf |website=www.indiantrailslibrary.org |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> It is located in Wheeling, south of the intersection of Dundee Road and Schoenbeck Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=355 Schoenbeck Rd, Wheeling, IL 60090 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/355+Schoenbeck+Rd,+Wheeling,+IL+60090/@42.1329076,-87.9473875,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x880fbbf0dce006c9:0xd9199d6a436cd2db!8m2!3d42.1329076!4d-87.9451988 |website=google.com |publisher=Google LLC |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The library has renovated, moved, and changed multiple times since beginning in a 20-foot by 30-foot frame building and holding fewer than 13,000 items in its collection. In 2009, the one-millionth item was checked out from the library.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Trails Library District |url=http://www.indiantrailslibrary.org/aboutus/history.html |access-date=1 August 2021 |date=16 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516030812/http://www.indiantrailslibrary.org/aboutus/history.html |archive-date=2019-05-16 }}</ref>

Vernon Area Public Library District serves Vernon Township Buffalo Grove, located in Lincolnshire. The Vernon Area Public library began in 1974 in a classroom in the Adlai Stevenson High School and later moved to a temporary building in the high school parking lot. The first permanent library building was at 4 Indian Creek Road in Lincolnshire. On March 20, 1990, voters approved a referendum to sell $6.9 million in bonds to construct a new library adjacent to the existing library building. On September 15, 1993, the Vernon Area Public Library opened at 300 Olde Half Day Road in Lincolnshire. In 2019, the total collection use was 1,092,622.<ref name="vernonLibrary">{{cite web |title=Facts About the Library |url=https://www.vapld.info/about-us.html |website=Vernon Area Public Library |access-date=7 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Sports and recreation== Buffalo Grove has an extensive collection of parks and natural open spaces. Nicole Park is north of Old Checker Road along Arlington Heights Road and contains a playground and open space.{{sfn|Lake Cook Corridor|2017|p=37}} It is named after a 10-year-old girl who died in a nearby reservoir.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Winter |first1=Christine |title=BUFFALO GROVE TO NAME PARK IN GIRL'S MEMORY |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-05-16-9905160246-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=1 August 2021 |date=May 16, 1999}}</ref> Willow Stream Park along Old Checker Road serves the village with sports fields and courts, a pool, playground, and large open grass areas. Mike Rylko Community Park is home to the fairs and events mentioned above, and Buffalo Grove Fitness Center is north of Willow Stream; both feature similar amenities to Willow Stream.{{sfn|Lake Cook Corridor|2017|p=37}} South of Lake Cook Road is Emmerich Park (named after a soldier), home to the Buffalo Grove Park District and where BGRA (mentioned below) plays many games.{{sfn|Lake Cook Corridor|2017|p=37}}<ref name="BGTurns60" /> In total, Buffalo Grove has dozens of parks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Park Maps {{!}} Buffalo Grove Park District {{!}} Buffalo Grove IL |url=http://bgparks.org/information/park-maps.aspx |website=bgparks.org |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> In addition to parks, Buffalo Grove has 43 miles of paths and sidewalks in Buffalo Creek Trail, Des Plaines River Trail, and Cook County Forest Preserve District.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bike Paths and Sidewalks |url=https://www.vbg.org/resident_services/parks_and_recreation/bike_paths_and_sidewalks.php |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

The non-profit corporation Buffalo Grove Recreation Association (BGRA), not affiliated with the park district, provides a youth baseball league for the community.<ref>{{cite web |title=About BGRA |url=https://www.bgrabaseball.org/page/show/5473558-about-bgra |website=Buffalo Grove Recreation Association |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref> Founded in 1961, BGRA's 1,500 players and 600 volunteers participate in House Baseball (for anyone), Travel Baseball (try out), and Buddy Baseball. Buddy Baseball pairs children who have physical, intellectual, and/or emotional disabilities with non-disabled buddies to help them play baseball.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Programs |url=https://www.bgrabaseball.org/page/show/5463626-our-programs |website=Buffalo Grove Recreation Association |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref>

Buffalo Grove has two golf courses and one indoor golf facility. The Buffalo Grove Golf Course is one of the largest open spaces within the village. Utilized as a floodplain, the course both functions as enjoyment and civil infrastructure.{{sfn|Lake Cook Corridor|2017|p=37}} The Arboretum Club, which opened in 1990, is an 18-hole course. Lastly, the park district's 100 by 60-yard Golf Dome has a 75-yard driving range, putting green, and hitting stations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf Dome {{!}} Buffalo Grove Park District {{!}} Buffalo Grove IL |url=http://bgparks.org/facilities/golf.aspx |website=bgparks.org |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref>

Multiple notable athletes have originated from Buffalo Grove. Felice Herrig, a native of Buffalo Grove,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Helfgot |first1=Mike |title=Fighter returns to reality TV |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-07-03-0907010509-story.html |access-date=3 August 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=July 3, 2009}}</ref> is a kickboxer, Muay Thai fighter, and mixed martial artist. In 2021, she was No. 15 on the UFC women's strawweight rankings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=UFC Rankings {{!}} UFC.com|url=https://www.ufc.com/rankings|access-date=August 2, 2021|website=www.ufc.com}}</ref> Zach Borenstein had a .524 batting average as a senior at Buffalo Grove High School and subsequently played at Eastern Illinois University and multiple minor league teams.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zach Borenstein - Baseball |url=https://eiupanthers.com/sports/baseball/roster/zach-borenstein/1812 |website=Eastern Illinois University Athletics |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Borenstein Selected in 2011 MLB Draft |url=https://eiupanthers.com/news/2011/6/7/BSB_0607113841.aspx |website=Eastern Illinois University Athletics |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Andy Wozniewski, a former ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs and other teams, including Team USA at the Deutschland Cup, was born in Buffalo Grove.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andy Wozniewski kommt zum EHC Red Bull München » EHC Red Bull München |url=http://www.redbullmuenchen.de/artikel/andy-wozniewski-kommt-zum-ehc-red-bull-muenchen/2998 |access-date=1 August 2021 |date=12 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612013336/http://www.redbullmuenchen.de/artikel/andy-wozniewski-kommt-zum-ehc-red-bull-muenchen/2998 |archive-date=2013-06-12 }}</ref> Brett Lebda, ice hockey defenseman for multiple teams, including the Toronto Maple Leafs, attended Buffalo Grove High School.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maple Leafs sign defenseman Lebda to contract |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=5362370 |website=ESPN |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=en |date=8 July 2010}}</ref> Buffalo Grove native Megan Bozek is an ice hockey player who plays for the KRS Vanke Rays and the United States national team.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Susnjara |first1=Bob |title=Buffalo Grove's Megan Bozek left off U.S. women's hockey team |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180104/buffalo-groves-megan-bozek-left-off-us-womens-hockey-team |website=Daily Herald |access-date=1 August 2021 |date=4 January 2018}}</ref> Finally, Olympic figure skater Bradie Tennell trained most of her life at Twin Rinks in Buffalo Grove.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Shannon |title='She's a machine:' Figure skater Bradie Tennell suddenly a gold medal contender |url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/she-machine-figure-skater-bradie-tennell-suddenly-gold-medal-contender/hznTYGyAwCfzw7efnVWO2N/ |website=dayton-daily-news |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=English}}</ref> She is a 2018 Olympic team event bronze medalist, the 2020 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2018 CS Autumn Classic champion, the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, and a two-time US national champion (2018, 2021).

==Government== The government of Buffalo Grove is a council-manager form of government with elements of home rule, gained in 1980.<ref>{{cite web |title=Community Profile |url=https://www.vbg.org/business_services/development_and_business_resources/community_profile.php#:~:text=Welcome%20to%20Buffalo%20GroveLocated,both%20Cook%20and%20Lake%20Counties. |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=4 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Illinois Home Rule: A Thirty Year Assessment |url=https://www.cgs.niu.edu/Policy_Profiles/Archives/2001/policy_v1n1.pdf |website=cgs.niu.edu |access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref> The village president and six trustees with four-year terms lead the government.<ref>{{cite web |title=Incumbents Keep Buffalo Grove Village Board Seats |url=https://patch.com/illinois/buffalogrove/5-candidates-compete-3-village-board-seats-election-results |website=Buffalo Grove, IL Patch |access-date=4 August 2021 |language=en |date=6 April 2021}}</ref> The daily functions of the village are carried out by an appointed village manager whose job includes attracting new businesses, presenting an annual budget, and much more.<ref name="VillageManager">{{cite web |title=Office of the Village Manager |url=https://www.vbg.org/your_government/village_services/administrative_services/office_of_the_village_manager.php |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=4 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="VillageManagerSalary">{{cite news |last1=Rockrohr |first1=Phil |title=Buffalo Grove village manager receives bonus amid large contract extension |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/buffalo-grove/ct-bgc-buffalo-grove-village-manager-raise-tl-0426-story.html |access-date=4 August 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=April 24, 2018}}</ref> According to the village, the village manager's function "is similar to that of a general manager in a multi-division service organization".<ref name="VillageManager" /> Accordingly, the village manager, Dane Bragg, received a $267,310 salary in 2019 plus a $15,000 bonus.<ref name="VillageManagerSalary" />

In 2021, the village expected $107 million in revenues to support $113 million in expenditures.<ref name="Page12Budget">{{cite web |title=2021 Budget |url=https://cms9files.revize.com/buffalogroveil/Document_center/Your%20government/Open%20Government/Annual%20Budget/2021%20Budget.pdf |website=cms9files.revize.com |access-date=8 August 2021 |page=12}}</ref> Fire Department and Police pensions and Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund were the steepest expenditures, totaling around $7 million.<ref name="Page12Budget" /> In 2017, the biggest revenue sources were taxes at 58 percent (property taxes were largest at 34 percent) and intergovernmental revenues at 27 percent.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Citizens Guide to Local Financial Activities |url=https://cms9files.revize.com/buffalogroveil/Document_center/Your%20government/Open%20Government/Financial%20Reports/2018%20VBG%20PAFR%20Final.pdf |website=cms9files.revize.com |access-date=8 August 2021 |page=7}}</ref> The sales tax rate for Cook and Lake County is 10 percent and 8 percent. Also, the tax rate on food and beverages sold at restaurants in the Cook County portion of Buffalo Grove is 11 percent (10 percent for sales tax and 1 percent for food and beverage tax), while in Lake County, the same tax on food sold at restaurants is 9 percent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Sales Tax |url=https://www.vbg.org/your_government/village_services/administrative_services/local_sales_taxes.php |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=8 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Budgeted employment in 2018 for Police, Fire, Public Works, Golf, and Administration was 260 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Citizens Guide to Local Financial Activities |url=https://cms9files.revize.com/buffalogroveil/Document_center/Your%20government/Open%20Government/Financial%20Reports/2018%20VBG%20PAFR%20Final.pdf |website=cms9files.revize.com |access-date=8 August 2021 |page=8}}</ref>

Illinois Democratic Senator Adriane Johnson is a resident of Buffalo Grove. Appointed in 2020 following Terry Link's resignation, she represents part of Buffalo Grove and serves on Buffalo Grove Park Board.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mayer |first1=Richard |title=New State Senator Johnson Will Stay On Buffalo Grove Park Board {{!}} Journal & Topics Media Group |url=https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/new-state-senator-johnson-will-stay-on-buffalo-grove-park-board/ |website=Journal Online |access-date=1 August 2021 |date=22 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Legislative District 30 |url=http://ilhousedems.com/redistricting/2011-maps/Legislative_Districts_Public_Act/LD30.pdf |website=ilhousedems.com |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> An Illinois Senator who represents Buffalo Grove is Democrat Julie Morrison in the 29th state senate district.<ref>{{cite web |title=Illinois State Senate District 29 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois_State_Senate_District_29 |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=4 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In the Illinois House of Representatives, Democrats Daniel Didech and Tracy Katz Muhl represent the 59th and 57th districts respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Illinois House |url=https://www.illinoispolicy.org/maps/illinois-house/ |website=Illinois Policy |access-date=4 August 2021 |date=20 April 2016}}</ref> Nationally, Democrat Brad Schneider represents Lake County Buffalo Grove in the 10th Congressional District, and Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi represents Cook County and Buffalo Grove in the 8th Congressional District.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://www.gisconsortium.org/WebApps/CommunityPortalWebMaps/VBG/USCongressionalDistricts/index.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=www.gisconsortium.org}}</ref> Former Buffalo Grove Village Presidents Verna L. Clayton and Sidney Mathias served in the Illinois House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - Verna L. Clayton |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=206770 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com |access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Julie's Law goes into effect in 2013 |url=https://www.eastpeoriatimescourier.com/article/20120723/NEWS/307239955 |website=East Peoria Times-Courier - East Peoria, IL |access-date=7 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Illinois General Assembly - Representative Biography |url=https://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=1608 |website=www.ilga.gov |access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref>

==Education== thumb|Pritchett Elementary School thumb|Adlai E. Stevenson High School Buffalo Grove has four private schools, over ten public schools, and one public high school.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Schools |url=https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/geoplatform::public-schools/explore?location=42.184477%2C-87.955353%2C13.00 |website=hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com |access-date=2 August 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Private Schools |url=https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/geoplatform::private-schools/explore?location=42.138543%2C-87.962365%2C14.81 |website=hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com |access-date=2 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Lake County Buffalo Grove districts are Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102 and Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96, while Cook County Buffalo Grove has Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21. High school students in the Lake County portion of Buffalo Grove attend Stevenson High School in nearby Lincolnshire. Cook County students attend Buffalo Grove High School, located in the Cook County part of the village.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adlai E Stevenson District 125 |url=http://maps.lakecountyil.gov/output/districtmaps/schl/AdlaiEStevensonDistrict125.pdf |website=maps.lakecountyil.gov |access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref>

The three districts that take students from Buffalo Grove have different histories. Since the 1840s, schools serving Buffalo Grove changed in response to the growing community. They were consolidated in 1955 under the name Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102. The first school to open in Buffalo Grove was the Alcott School in 1961—now the Alcott Center—in response to growth on the Cook County side (a different district Aptakisic-Tripp).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wachter |first1=Ronnie |title=Digging through decades: Students, historians observe Kilmer's 50th anniversary |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/buffalo-grove/ct-bgc-kilmer-anniversary-tl-1022-20151019-story.html |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=October 19, 2015}}</ref> The first year had 52 first-graders and six sixth graders.<ref name="BGTurns60" /> To support the rapidly growing village, the district held referendums and successfully built Pritchett Elementary School, Tripp School, and Meridian School in the 1980s. To accommodate the continued increase in population, the district changed the configuration of the grades in the schools in 2018.<ref name="HistoryD102">{{cite web |title=History of D102 |url=https://www.d102.org/about/history/ |website=d102.org |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref> Buffalo Grove High School's district (Township High School District 214) almost did not pass the referendum because women's votes were not counted immediately; the referendum was eventually successful.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.d214.org/domain/502 |website=d214.org |access-date=3 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Infrastructure== thumb|Power lines in Buffalo Grove Buffalo Grove relies on multiple arterial roads. Going north-south, drivers use Milwaukee Avenue (Illinois Route 21) on the east side of the village, Buffalo Grove Road and Weiland Road down the center, and Arlington Heights Road on the west side of Buffalo Grove. Going east-west, drivers use Dundee Road (Illinois Route 68) in south Buffalo Grove, Lake Cook Road and Deerfield Parkway in the center, and Aptakisic and Half Day Road (Illinois Route 22) in the north. McHenry Road (Illinois Route 83) acts as a diagonal road in the village by going north–south and east–west.<ref name="mapofBG" /> O'hare International Airport is approximately {{convert|20|mi|km}} south of Buffalo Grove. Because of Lake Cook Road, the village has access to the Interstate Highway system (I-90, I-94, and I-294).{{sfn|Lake Cook Corridor|2017|p=33}}

Pace provides bus service on multiple routes with a hub at the Buffalo Grove Metra station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtachicago.org/uploads/files/general/RTA-System-Map.pdf|title=RTA System Map|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>

===Metra=== thumb|Buffalo Grove station in June 2021. Since its creation in 1996, the Buffalo Grove station has operated on Metra's North Central Service, which provides daily commuter rail service between Antioch and Chicago's Union Station.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Granger |first1=Bill |title=Commuter Trains Inch Back to Popularity |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63071877/antioch-station-august-19-1996/ |access-date=August 1, 2021 |work=The Daily Herald |date=August 19, 1996 |location=Chicago, Illinois |pages=1–7|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> The station is {{convert|32|mi|km}} away from the southern terminus of the line, Union Station.<ref name="MetraDistance">{{cite web |title=METRA RAILFAN TIPS |url=http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmnc.html |access-date=1 August 2021 |date=19 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119190050/http://web.me.com/willvdv/chirailfan/mmnc.html |archive-date=2010-01-19 }}</ref> In Metra's zone-based fare system, Buffalo Grove is in zone F.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metra North Central Service Chicago to Antioch |url=https://metra.com/sites/default/files/metra_79900_fm00_antioch_tt_proof_north_central.pdf |website=metra.com |access-date=1 August 2021}}</ref> As of 2018, Buffalo Grove is the 76th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 695 weekday boardings, making it the most trafficked station on the North Central Service.<ref name="MetraBoarding">{{cite web |title=Commuter Rail System Station Boarding/Alighting Count |url=https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf |access-date=1 August 2021 |date=26 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526034459/https://metrarail.com/sites/default/files/assets/planning/ridership/2018_summary_results_report_final.pdf |archive-date=2019-05-26 }}</ref> The train station is just east of the intersection of Weiland Road and Deerfield Parkway.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Grove Metra Station North Parking · 825 Commerce Ct, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Buffalo+Grove+Metra+Station+North+Parking/@42.1698007,-87.94862,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x880fbdc6d0c340a5:0xe485930edb8c5df3!8m2!3d42.1698365!4d-87.9426977 |website=google.com |publisher=Google LLC |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

The Prairie View station is north of Half Day Road (IL Route 22) and Prairie Road's intersection, and it is also used by Buffalo Grove residents. Located along the eastern boundary of the village, the station is {{convert|34.4|mi|km}} away from Union Station.<ref name="MetraDistance" /> Prairie View is in zone G. As of 2018, Prairie View is the 113th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 415 weekday boardings.<ref name="MetraBoarding" /> The North Central Service runs primarily during rush hour, but not on the weekends and few holidays; instead, Buffalo Grove residents must use the Arlington Heights Metra Station, the Deerfield Metra Station, or the Lake Cook Road Metra Station.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metra North Central Service Chicago to Antioch |url=https://metra.com/sites/default/files/metra_79900_fm00_antioch_tt_proof_north_central.pdf |website=metra.com |access-date=1 August 2021 |page=2 |date=July 15, 2018 |quote=There is no train service on weekends or the following holidays}}</ref>

===Utilities=== thumb|Buffalo Grove Post Office Water in Buffalo Grove is from Lake Michigan, and Commonwealth Edison provides electric power. The village purchases water from the Northwest Water Commission and controls the distribution of water. It travels through four pumping stations and 181 miles of underground water main.<ref name="Water">{{cite web |title=Getting Water to your Home |url=https://www.vbg.org/resident_services/water_services/getting_water_to_your_home.php |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=5 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Also, Buffalo Grove flushes hydrants, plows streets, and repairs faulty water meters of private residents.<ref name="Water" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Hydrant Flushing |url=https://www.vbg.org/resident_services/water_services/hydrant_flushing.php |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=5 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Snow Plowing |url=https://www.vbg.org/how_do_i/learn_more_about/snow_plowing.php |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=7 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> There is a Stormwater Utility Fee for Buffalo Grove owning and maintaining the Stormwater Management System, composed of storm sewers, creeks, waterways, and detention areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stormwater Utility Fee |url=https://www.vbg.org/resident_services/utilities/stormwater_utility_fee.php |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=5 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Buffalo Grove operates on an exclusive contract with Waste Management, Inc. for solid waste disposal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Solid Waste and Recycling Guide |url=https://localsites.wm.com/a4480000006oNudAAE/Buffalo+Grove+Solid+Waste+%26+Recycling+Guide |website=localsites.wm.com |access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref> This contract includes "At Your Door (AYD) Service," which allows a pick-up of hazardous and difficult-to-recycle materials, such as electronics, televisions, paint, and chemicals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Refuse and Recycling |url=https://www.vbg.org/resident_services/utilities/refuse_and_recycling.php |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=7 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In 2004, the Village of Buffalo Grove Public Works Department received national accreditation from the American Public Works Association, the second agency to earn recognition in Illinois.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Works Services |url=https://www.vbg.org/your_government/village_services/public_works_services/ |website=www.vbg.org |access-date=7 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable people==

Several actors, actresses, and musicians are from Buffalo Grove. Aaron Himelstein, the actor who played younger Austin Powers in ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'', moved to Buffalo Grove when he was three.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gire |first1=Dann |title='Austin Powers' role gold for Buffalo Grove native |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140408/entlife/140408571/ |website=Daily Herald |access-date=7 August 2021 |date=8 April 2014}}</ref> Vince Vaughn was raised in Buffalo Grove.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldsborough |first1=Bob |title=Vince Vaughn's former River North town home sells for $1.72 million |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/elite-street/ct-re-elite-street-vince-vaughn-townhouse-20201006-s3dmuga5nbhblccpld662e6dde-story.html |website=Chicago Tribune |date=6 October 2020 |access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref> Jessy Schram, an actress who was born and raised in Buffalo Grove, played Cinderella in the TV series ''Once Upon a Time''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Grove Native And "Nashville" Actress Jessy Schram |url=https://abc7chicago.com/jessy-schram-nashville-buffalo-grove-windy-city-live/1279352/ |website=ABC7 Chicago |access-date=7 August 2021 |date=6 April 2016}}</ref> Mike Kinsella, a musician in American Football and Cap'n Jazz, grew up in Buffalo Grove.<ref>{{cite web |title=Curtain Call in Cambridge: The Honesty of Mike Kinsella |url=https://believermag.com/logger/mike-kinsella/ |website=Believer Magazine |access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref> His brother, Tim Kinsella, was a musician in Joan of Arc and a member of Cap'n Jazz.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Terry |first1=Josh |title=Personal Playlist: Mike Kinsella tells stories behind 6 songs by American Football, Cap'n Jazz, Owls and more |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-mike-kinsella-songs-american-football-capn-jazz-owls-personal-playlist-20161019-story.html |access-date=7 August 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> Raymond Benson, an author of some James Bond novels, lives in the village.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gire |first1=Dann |title=How Hugh Hefner, suburban James Bond author became good friends |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20170928/how-hugh-hefner-suburban-james-bond-author-became-good-friends |website=Daily Herald |access-date=7 August 2021 |date=28 September 2017}}</ref> Rob Sherman, an atheist activist, perennial candidate and businessman, lived in Buffalo Grove for 32 years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Constable |first1=Burt |title=Atheist, activist and aviator: remembering Rob Sherman |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161212/news/161219711/ |access-date=7 August 2021 |work=Daily Herald |date=12 December 2016}}</ref> Olympic judoka Irwin Cohen was from Buffalo Grove, as is his son judoka Aaron Cohen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120828/news/708289771/|title=Renowned Olympian, judo coach from Buffalo Grove dies|date=August 28, 2012|website=Daily Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sender carries USA banner in Maccabiah Games opening ceremony |url=https://www.usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=3559 |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref> Ronald Goldman, a victim in the O. J. Simpson murder case, grew up in Buffalo Grove.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dreams of Better Days Died That Night : Ronald Goldman: A young man was finding his way through the maze of L.A. - Page 2 - Los Angeles Times |website=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-03-mn-11580-story.html |access-date=1 August 2021 |date=21 December 2013|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221173254/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-07-03/news/mn-11580_1_ronald-goldman/2 |archive-date=2013-12-21 }}</ref> Serbian-American soccer player Stefan Antonijevic was born in Buffalo Grove.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stefan Antonijevic |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/08d04f0f/Stefan-Antonijevic |access-date=December 23, 2024 |website=FBref}}</ref>

==See also== {{Wikivoyage|Chicagoland}} {{Portal|Chicago|Illinois}} * U.S. Music Corporation * Convia * Eagle Test Systems

==References== {{reflist}}

===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{cite book |last1=Cutler |first1=Irving |editor1-last=Jones |editor1-first=Peter d'A |editor2-last=Holli |editor2-first=Melvin G. |title=Ethnic Chicago : a multicultural portrait |date=1994 |publisher=W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co |location=Grand Rapids, Mich. |isbn=978-0-8028-7053-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2JbU1d9Xil0C|edition=4th |chapter=Chapter 5}} * {{cite book |title=The Past and Present of Lake County, Illinois: Containing a History of the County--its Cities, Towns, &c., a Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, General and Local Statistics, Map of Lake County, History of Illinois, Illustrated, History of the Northwest, Illustrated, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc |date=1877 |publisher=Brookhaven Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wE40AQAAMAAJ| ref = {{harvid|Brookhaven Press|1877}}|location=La Crosse, Wis. |isbn=978-1-58103-880-4}} * {{cite book |last1=Petterchak |first1=Janice A. |last2=Scheel |first2=Clarence Anthony |title=Historic Illinois: an illustrated history |date=2005 |publisher=Historical Publishing Network |location=San Antonio, Tex. |isbn=978-1-893619-49-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HA8O8zO7L-kC |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en}} * {{cite book |title=Illinois, 2000. Summary population and housing characteristics : 2000 census of population and housing. |date=2002 |publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ozCEzgEACAAJ| ref = {{harvid|U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau|2002}}|location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=9780160672033}} * {{cite web |title=Buffalo Grove Community Data Snapshot June 2021 Release |url=https://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/102881/Buffalo+Grove.pdf |website=www.cmap.illinois.gov |publisher=Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning |ref = {{harvid|CMAP}}|access-date=21 July 2021}} * {{cite web |title=Existing Conditions Report |url=https://issuu.com/vbg0/docs/draft_2020-01-17_buffalo_grove_ecr_hq__1_ |website=Issuu |date=28 January 2020 |publisher=Village of Buffalo Grove, Il |access-date=24 July 2021 |ref = {{harvid|VBG}}}} * {{cite web |title=The Village of Buffalo Grove Lake Cook Corridor Market Study and Plan |url=https://cms9files.revize.com/buffalogroveil/Document_center/The%20Future%20of%20Buffalo%20Grove/Long%20Term%20Plans/Lake%20Cook%20Corridor/LCC%20Market%20Study.pdf |website=cms9files.revize.com |publisher=Lake Cook Corridor |access-date=25 July 2021 |ref={{harvid|Lake Cook Corridor|2017}}}} * {{cite book |last1=Halsey |first1=John Julius |title=A history of Lake County, Illinois |date=1912 |publisher=Roy S. Bates |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.26755726&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021 |access-date=26 July 2021}} * {{cite book |last1=Strong |first1=William Duncan |last2=Laufer |first2=Berthold |title=The Indian tribes of the Chicago region, with special reference to the Illinois and the Potawatomi |date=1926 |publisher=Field Museum of Natural History|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21344#page/1/mode/1up}} {{refend}}

==Further reading== * {{cite book |last1=Dretske |first1=Diana |title=Lake County, Illinois: An Illustrated History |date=2007 |publisher=Sun Fung Museum Books and Catalogs |isbn=978-0-9772344-4-8}} * {{cite book |editor1-last=Greene |editor1-first=Richard P. |editor2-last=Bouman |editor2-first=Mark Jansen |editor3-last=Grammenos |editor3-first=Dennis |title=Chicago's geographies : metropolis for the 21st century |date=2006 |publisher=AAG, Association of American Geographers |location=Washington D.C. |isbn=9780892912650}} * {{cite web |title=Draft ECR for the Comp Plan |url=https://issuu.com/vbg0/docs/draft_2020-01-17_buffalo_grove_ecr_hq__1_ |website=Issuu |access-date=2 August 2021 |date=Jan 28, 2020}}

==External links== * {{official website|http://www.vbg.org/}}

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