Population: 12,200
Median household income: $195,879
Median home price: $1,316,052
Amount spent on vacations/yr: $10,119
This Chicago suburb boasts one of the nation's most elite public schools, New Trier High School, as well as the type of quiet Midwestern living one would expect from your basic regal - and very Republican - village. Among the high end in the area's real estate market: A five-bedroom, six-bath little beauty can be all yours for just $4,175,000. Donald Rumsfeld and Rock Hudson both grew up in Winnetka.
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