The village is south of Western Springs, west of Countryside, north and east of Burr Ridge.

35.61% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.66% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The Village President of Indian Head Park is Amy Jo Wittenberg.

Just north of the village, now on the site of the Timber Trails subdivision, is one of the last camps of the Potawatomi Indians in Illinois.

The Lyonsville Congregational Church on the corner of Joliet and Wolf roads was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.

On October 27, 2011, Kelli O'Laughlin, a 14-year-old freshman at Lyons Township High School, was murdered.