As of the 2020 census, Morton Grove, a village in Cook County, Illinois, had a population of 25,297 residents.

In the early 1830s, a small group of farmers from England established themselves in the region, despite the lack of proper roads and infrastructure. This was made possible by the outcome of the Black Hawk War and the subsequent Treaty of Chicago in 1833, which led to the departure of Native American tribes from the area.

Morton Grove made history in 1981 by becoming the initial American town to ban the ownership of handguns.

Morton Grove covers a land area of 5.09 square miles (13.18 km2) as indicated in the 2021 census gazetteer files. The suburb is divided by the North Branch of the Chicago River, with both sides of the river falling under the Cook County Forest Preserve.

Morton is where the main office of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity is situated.

According to the village’s 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in Morton Grove are:
1. Xylem – 475 employees
2. New Avon LLC – 362 employees
3. John Crane – 298 employees
4. Schwarz Supply Source – 280 employees
5. Lakeshore Recycling Systems – 225 employees
6. Amazon – 216 employees
7. MG Living & Rehab – 205 employees
8. Shore Koenig Training Center – 200 employees
9. Quantum Color Graphics – 175 employees
10. Precision Plating – 165 employees

Morton Grove Village is governed by a board that includes President and six Village Trustees who are elected for four-year terms. The Village President leads the Village Board meetings and serves as the top executive of the Village.

Morton Grove is served by several public school districts, including Elementary School District 63 (East Maine), which operates Melzer School and Nelson School. Golf School District 67 includes Hynes Elementary School and Golf Middle School, while Skokie/Morton Grove School District 69 encompasses Thomas A. Edison School, Madison School, and Lincoln Junior High School. Morton Grove School District 70 operates Park View School. For high school, students can attend Maine Township High School District 207’s Maine East High School or Niles Township High Schools District 219’s Niles North High School and Niles West High School. Additionally, MCC Academy, a Muslim K-12 school, has its secondary campus in Morton Grove, and Jerusalem Lutheran School, a Christian Pre-K-8 grade school of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, is also located in Morton Grove.

The Morton Grove station offers Metra commuter rail service on the Milwaukee District North Line. Trains run south to Chicago Union Station and north to Fox Lake station. Pace operates bus services on various routes within the village, including the Pace Pulse Dempster Line.

Some notable individuals include:
* Mike Bartlett, a former professional ice hockey player
* Bart Conner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics
* Mar Dinkha IV, the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East
* Jeffrey Erickson, a notable bank robber
* Jeff Garlin, a comedian and actor
* Harvey Mandel, a renowned guitarist
* Marlee Matlin, an Academy Award-winning actress
* Jim Brosnan, a former Major League pitcher and author.