Housing density: 5,340 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2017: $371,127.
Median contract rent in 2017: $543 (lower quartile is $409, upper quartile is $710)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2017: $1,144
Median gross rent in Chicago, IL in 2017: $616
Housing units in Chicago with a mortgage: 307,758 (7,508 second mortgage, 24,983 home equity loan, 1,548 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 162,507
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $96,392
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $55,904
In family households: 1,995,313 (259,716 male householders, 292,508 female householders)
340,368 spouses, 773,850 children (742,174 natural, 13,717 adopted, 17,959 stepchildren), 91,049 grandchildren, 53,658 brothers or sisters, 53,236 parents, 74,072 other relatives, 56,856 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 663,134 (239,544 male householders (181,521 living alone)), 255,927 female householders (209,747 living alone)), 167,663 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 58,015
Size of family households: 228,026 2-persons, 129,939 3-persons, 98,293 4-persons, 52,392 5-persons, 25,206 6-persons, 18,368 7-or-more-persons.
281,086 married couples with children.
188,775 single-parent households (39,294 men, 149,481 women).
63.9% of residents of Chicago speak English at home.
24.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
6.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 563,688 (20.8%)
(44.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Chicago, Illinois
107,4422010 or later
134,3262000 to 2009
141,8661990 to 1999
155,1211980 to 1989
106,9841970 to 1979
75,013Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Polish: 74,398 (3.9%)
Irish: 53,176 (2.8%)
German: 40,317 (2.1%)
American: 32,284 (1.7%)
Italian: 30,153 (1.6%)
African: 16,295 (0.9%)
European: 15,907 (0.8%)
English: 9,963 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 9,819 (0.5%)
Russian: 9,708 (0.5%)
Romanian: 9,566 (0.5%)
Nigerian: 7,907 (0.4%)
Yugoslavian: 6,298 (0.3%)
Greek: 6,130 (0.3%)
Eastern European: 6,061 (0.3%)
Swedish: 5,552 (0.3%)
Croatian: 4,104 (0.2%)
Syrian: 3,563 (0.2%)
French: 3,282 (0.2%)
Lithuanian: 3,264 (0.2%)
Serbian: 3,248 (0.2%)
Scottish: 3,022 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 2,944 (0.2%)
Arab: 2,916 (0.2%)
Dutch: 2,646 (0.1%)
Bulgarian: 2,503 (0.1%)
British: 2,449 (0.1%)
French Canadian: 2,269 (0.1%)
Austrian: 2,207 (0.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,194 (0.1%)
Iranian: 2,156 (0.1%)
Turkish: 2,137 (0.1%)
Jamaican: 1,962 (0.1%)
Ghanaian: 1,929 (0.1%)
Ethiopian: 1,916 (0.1%)
Czech: 1,916 (0.1%)
Jordanian: 1,905 (0.1%)
Moroccan: 1,875 (0.10%)
Belizean: 1,794 (0.10%)
Hungarian: 1,788 (0.09%)
Brazilian: 1,747 (0.09%)
Haitian: 1,679 (0.09%)
Macedonian: 1,521 (0.08%)
Iraqi: 1,382 (0.07%)
Scandinavian: 1,213 (0.06%)
Assyrian: 1,152 (0.06%)
Afghan: 1,142 (0.06%)
Northern European: 1,063 (0.06%)
Albanian: 1,060 (0.06%)
Somali: 1,043 (0.06%)
Egyptian: 963 (0.05%)
Israeli: 956 (0.05%)
Armenian: 891 (0.05%)
Canadian: 821 (0.04%)
Palestinian: 749 (0.04%)
Czechoslovakian: 738 (0.04%)
Slovak: 735 (0.04%)
Swiss: 706 (0.04%)
Danish: 679 (0.04%)
German Russian: 597 (0.03%)
Lebanese: 583 (0.03%)
Belgian: 562 (0.03%)
Finnish: 447 (0.02%)
Liberian: 438 (0.02%)
British West Indian: 421 (0.02%)
Welsh: 385 (0.02%)
Latvian: 341 (0.02%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 336 (0.02%)
Portuguese: 285 (0.02%)
Bahamian: 272 (0.01%)
Sudanese: 266 (0.01%)
Australian: 260 (0.01%)
South African: 260 (0.01%)
Slavic: 217 (0.01%)
Kenyan: 178 (0.01%)
Slovene: 130 (0.01%)
West Indian: 125 (0.01%)
Cypriot: 124 (0.01%)
Luxemburger: 122 (0.01%)
Guyanese: 117 (0.01%)
Basque: 99 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Chicago:
40.7% (229,202)
Illinois:
35.7% (654,444)
Poland
Chicago:
6.2% (35,059)
Illinois:
7.3% (134,174)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Chicago:
5.7% (32,161)
Illinois:
3.9% (71,941)
India
Chicago:
4.2% (23,910)
Illinois:
8.7% (159,437)
Philippines
Chicago:
4.2% (23,481)
Illinois:
4.8% (88,627)
Guatemala
Chicago:
2.2% (12,321)
Illinois:
1.6% (28,945)
Ecuador
Chicago:
1.9% (10,898)
Illinois:
1.0% (17,733)
Pakistan
Chicago:
1.8% (10,106)
Illinois:
1.7% (31,300)
Korea
Chicago:
1.6% (9,123)
Illinois:
2.2% (40,568)
Ukraine
Chicago:
1.5% (8,465)
Illinois:
1.5% (27,139)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 1,615,130
Other state: 487,249
Northeast: 75,068
Midwest: 177,967
South: 179,617
West: 54,597
85.4% of Chicago residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 44.6% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 28.4% lived in Illinois.
Chicago:
85.4%
State average:
87.1%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 18,005
Nursery to 4th grade: 9,738
5th and 6th grade: 21,002
7th and 8th grade: 20,108
9th grade: 14,286
10th grade: 16,029
11th grade: 18,740
12th grade, no diploma: 25,001
High school graduate (or equivalency): 211,216
Less than 1 year of college: 37,075
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 128,505
Associate degree: 44,433
Bachelor's degree: 209,461
Master's degree: 86,251
Professional school degree: 29,038
Doctorate degree: 14,746
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 19,052
Nursery to 4th grade: 9,632
5th and 6th grade: 22,931
7th and 8th grade: 20,791
9th grade: 13,716
10th grade: 14,034
11th grade: 20,690
12th grade, no diploma: 22,157
High school graduate (or equivalency): 215,775
Less than 1 year of college: 41,632
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 127,084
Associate degree: 59,399
Bachelor's degree: 226,582
Master's degree: 118,328
Professional school degree: 30,187
Doctorate degree: 13,998
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 315,156
One, attached: 39,894
Two: 175,543
3 or 4: 181,361
5 to 9: 145,805
10 to 19: 53,461
20 to 49: 75,083
50 or more: 223,652
Mobile homes: 2,375
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 602
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,274
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2017: 2.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2017: 4.4%
House/condo owner moved in on average 13 years ago