High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Template:Chicagoland municipality Park Ridge, Illinois, is an affluent Chicago suburb of 37,775 residents. It is located fifteen miles northwest of downtown Chicago. It is close to O`Hare International Airport, major expressways, and rail transportation. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area, bordering two northwestern neighborhoods of Chicago`s Far North Side (Edison Park, Chicago and Norwood Park, Chicago).