

Headquarters for Homewood Disposal Residential, Commercial, and Industrial waste service. Ĭorporate offices for Carl Buddig & Company. Global Headquarters for Tempo Global Resources (formerly Hunter Douglas Metals). Homewood's CN campus has hosted over 15,000 CN employees and has a training facility. Large employers Īmerican headquarters for Canadian National Railways. Homewood's other main commercial corridor is located along Halsted street between 183rd and 175th street and is home to a number of large national chain retailers. Its historic downtown centered at the intersections of Dixie Highway and Ridge road has a number of small businesses including coffee shops and restaurants, salons, a music shop, bookstore, La Banque boutique hotel, and the Homewood Science Center. The ancient shoreline can be seen clearly as the sand ridge along Ridge Road.

A south suburban village, Homewood is 22 miles (35 km) due south of The Loop/downtown Chicago at 800 west and 18300 south on the Chicago grid system. Geography Īccording to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Homewood has a total area of 5.26 square miles (13.62 km 2), of which 5.22 square miles (13.52 km 2) (or 99.11%) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km 2) (or 0.89%) is water.

It is bordered by Chicago Heights and Flossmoor to the south, Hazel Crest to the west, East Hazel Crest and Harvey to the north, Glenwood to the east, and South Holland to the northeast. The village sits just a few miles south of Chicago proper. The population was 19,463 at the 2020 census. Homewood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
