Glenview, Glencoe, Glen Ellyn or Wheaton (homes, neighborhood, schools)

[Amra2008]

I need some solid opinions on the benefits of these suburbs. My husband and I are in the market for a single family home - price range 1.2 million. We are looking for a newer (under 10 years) home, with nice amenities. Moving from the city, a neighborhood feel is important to us. We would prefer to live near downtown, but would consider a subdivision for the right house.

I do not want to live in a "tear" down neighborhood. Although we love variety - i'm not comfortable living next to homes half the size of mine. Glenview has a lot nice homes, however I haven't found the right neighborhood - and i'm not sure about the downtown. Glencoe is adorable - but most homes in our price range are older rehabs.
Glen Ellyn and Wheaton seem nice - however I think the commute time may be longer to downtown vs. Glenview?

Schools are important to us, my research shows that all of the districts are above average.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Drover]

Of the options provided, Glenview is where you'll be most likely to meet all of your criteria. You're not going to find anything, especially in the 1.2M range, that is 10 years old or less and not in a "tear-down" area in the other three; they've been built up from stem to stern for decades now with no more room for new developments/subdivisions. Glenview is the only one on the list that has or recently had any open space left for newer subdivisions. Specifically, there has been a lot of new development on the former Glenview Naval Station in the last decade or so. They've built an ersatz downtown along the "new urbanism" model with pretty decent-sized homes nearby.