Lake Zurich is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The population was 19,915 at the 2019 census.The village is named after a body of water named "Lake Zurich," which is completely located inside the village.
In 2015, personal finance website, NerdWallet.com, rated Lake Zurich number one in Illinois for young families. In 2006, Lake Zurich was named by Frommer's as one of the top hundred "Best Places to Raise Your Family" and by U.S. News as one of the "Top Twenty-five Affordable Places to Live in the Country". In 2013, Lake Zurich achieved national recognition when Sandra Bullock's character in Gravity named the village as her character's hometown.


Lake Zurich is located at (42.173957, -88.068897).
According to the 2010 census, Lake Zurich has a total area of , of which (or 97.92%) is land and (or 2.08%) is water.

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