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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 3.934 square miles

Population: 43,201

Population density:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  10,980 people per square mile
Chicago:  12,750 people per square mile

House/condo value distribution in Lower West Side in Chicago, IL neighborhood, block, subdivision, or community

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Age and Sex of Residents in Lower West Side in Chicago, IL

Races in Lower West Side in Chicago neighborhood in IL

Household income distribution in 2008 in Lower West Side in Chicago neighborhood in IL

Median household income 2008:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  $33,988
Chicago:  $46,911

Rent paid by renters in 2008 in Lower West Side in Chicago neighborhood in IL

Median rent in 2008:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  $529
Chicago:  $744

Zip codes: 60608, 60616.

Males:  22,935
Females:  20,266

Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:  25.8 years
Whole city:  31.5 years

Females:
This neighborhood:  25.7 years
Whole city:  32.6 years


Average household size:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  3.4 people
Chicago:  2.7 people

Average family size:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  4.0 members
Chicago:  3.5 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  46.9%
city:  35.1%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  32.6%
Chicago:  16.9%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  10.9%
Chicago:  12.7%


Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  23.7%
Chicago:  21.0%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  15.9%
city:  19.9%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  31.6%
Chicago:  9.9%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  43.2%
Chicago:  57.7%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  6.3%
Chicago:  18.5%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  1.4%
city:  2.1%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  49.1%
Chicago:  21.7%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Lower West Side (Pilsen):
  • 1 room: 4
  • 2 rooms: 165
  • 3 rooms: 382
  • 4 rooms: 531
  • 5 rooms: 784
  • 6 rooms: 570
  • 7 rooms: 353
  • 8 rooms: 174
  • 9+ rooms: 289


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lower West Side (Pilsen):
  • 1 room: 433
  • 2 rooms: 1,316
  • 3 rooms: 1,613
  • 4 rooms: 2,841
  • 5 rooms: 1,705
  • 6 rooms: 955
  • 7 rooms: 264
  • 8 rooms: 136
  • 9+ rooms: 26


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower West Side (Pilsen):
  • no bedroom: 59
  • 1 bedroom: 392
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,158
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,082
  • 4 bedrooms: 323
  • 5+ bedrooms: 241


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower West Side (Pilsen):
  • no bedroom: 680
  • 1 bedroom: 2,388
  • 2 bedrooms: 4,355
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,603
  • 4 bedrooms: 202
  • 5+ bedrooms: 62


Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:  1.3
Chicago:  1.4

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
Here:  0.8
city:  0.8

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  64.6%
Chicago:  68.5%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2008 (7.5% of all units):
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  $237,025
Chicago:  $333,299

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2008 (2.3% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $252,856
city:  $244,462

Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2008 (26.9% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $136,035
Chicago:  $184,702

Average estimated '08 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (36.7% of all units):
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  $249,530
city:  $390,018

Average estimated '08 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (26.5% of all units):
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  $375,768
Chicago:  $370,734



Owners and renters by unit type in %

Year house built (%)


City-data.com crime index for city in 2008 (higher means more crime):
City:  615.5
U.S. average:  293.0

Time Leaving Home for Work in Lower West Side in Chicago neighborhood in IL

Travel time to work in Lower West Side in Chicago neighborhood in IL

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  2.4%
city:  8.1%

Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  1.3%
city:  4.5%

Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  1.4%
city:  2.1%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  2.0%
city:  3.0%

Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  1.3%
city:  2.7%

Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here:  20.4%
city:  16.2%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  13.1%
city:  19.1%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  16.0%
city:  12.1%

Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here:  21.7%
city:  11.4%

Percentage of males in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  17.3%
city:  11.3%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  5.6%
city:  8.1%

Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  3.8%
city:  6.0%

Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here:  2.0%
city:  2.4%

Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  6.3%
city:  7.5%

Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  1.6%
city:  2.5%

Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  3.0%
city:  5.9%

Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here:  17.0%
city:  17.0%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  31.0%
city:  35.6%

Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here:  18.4%
city:  6.5%

Percentage of females in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  7.9%
city:  2.7%

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  23.7%
Chicago:  20.1%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  5.0%
Chicago:  5.6%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  0.8%
Chicago:  2.0%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  12.1%
Chicago:  16.7%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  26.9%
Chicago:  19.6%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  1979
Chicago:  1989

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  1996
Chicago:  1997

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  42.2%
Chicago:  55.0%

Utility gas used as house heating fuel (%):
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  95.0%
Chicago:  83.5%

Electricity used as house heating fuel (%):
Lower West Side (Pilsen):  3.9%
Chicago:  11.2%


Limited-access highways (interstate or state) in this neighborhood:
I- 90 (I- 94)
Length: 0.72 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Roads and streets:
W 18th St
Length: 3.53 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 249 to 2467
W Cermak Rd
Length: 3.27 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 500 to 2499
W 21st St
Length: 3.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 600 to 2499
W 19th St
Length: 2.93 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 700 to 2499
W Cullerton St
Length: 2.72 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 535 to 2499
I- 55 (Adlai Stevenson Expy, I- 55)
Length: 2.02 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
W 21st Pl
Length: 1.90 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 700 to 2499
S Blue Island Ave
Length: 1.82 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1700 to 2599
W 18th Pl
Length: 1.77 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 900 to 2399
W 17th St
Length: 1.68 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 424 to 2099
S Western Ave
Length: 1.54 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1720 to 3199
S Damen Ave
Length: 1.51 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1612 to 3082
S Ashland Ave
Length: 1.41 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1700 to 3103
I 90/i 94 (Dan Ryan Expy)
Length: 1.33 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
W 23rd St
Length: 1.27 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 800 to 2499
S Leavitt St
Length: 1.15 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1700 to 2799
S Hoyne Ave
Length: 1.05 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1600 to 2799
W 31st St
Length: 1.02 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1600 to 2499
W 22nd Pl
Length: 0.97 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 800 to 2399
S Laflin St
Length: 0.96 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1650 to 2599
S Wood St
Length: 0.93 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1650 to 3199
S Canalport Ave
Length: 0.88 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1744 to 2199
S Loomis St
Length: 0.88 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1646 to 2599
S Wolcott Ave
Length: 0.85 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1650 to 2699
S Oakley Ave
Length: 0.81 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1800 to 2529
S Throop St
Length: 0.80 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1582 to 2417
S Lumber St
Length: 0.77 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1800 to 2279
S Paulina St
Length: 0.74 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1650 to 2599
S Halsted St
Length: 0.69 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1661 to 2399
W 24th St
Length: 0.66 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2054 to 2499
S Union Ave
Length: 0.64 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1605 to 2399
S Morgan St
Length: 0.56 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1642 to 2399
S Racine Ave
Length: 0.54 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1701 to 2399
Coulter St (W Coulter St)
Length: 0.54 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 2000 to 2299
W 23rd Pl
Length: 0.51 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2100 to 2399
S Jefferson St
Length: 0.47 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1632 to 2199
W 19th Pl
Length: 0.44 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 700 to 1199
S Carpenter St
Length: 0.44 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1700 to 2199
W 20th Pl
Length: 0.40 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 534 to 1199
S Sangamon St
Length: 0.39 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1800 to 2199
18th St
Length: 0.39 miles
Direction: E-W
S May St
Length: 0.38 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1800 to 2199
S Allport St
Length: 0.38 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1800 to 2199
S Peoria St
Length: 0.38 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1800 to 2199
W 27th St
Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2200 to 2399
W 25th St
Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2300 to 2499
W 28th St
Length: 0.32 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2200 to 2399
S Robinson St
Length: 0.31 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 2697 to 3103
W 24th Pl
Length: 0.30 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2300 to 2499
S Canal St
Length: 0.29 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1664 to 2098
S Ruble St
Length: 0.26 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1693 to 2099
S Des Plaines St (S Desplaines St)
Length: 0.26 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1766 to 2099
S Clinton St
Length: 0.25 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1632 to 1899
S Western Blvd
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Ashland Ave
Length: 0.23 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
S Bell Ave
Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 2200 to 2499
S Marshfield Ave
Length: 0.22 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1650 to 1849
(Adlai Stevenson Expy)
Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
W Fuller St
Length: 0.18 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1530 to 1533
Canalport Ave
Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
S Normal Ave
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1800 to 1999
W 26th St
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2400 to 2499
Leavitt St (S Leavitt St)
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2800 to 2805
W 17th Pl
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 700 to 799
S Bishop St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1800 to 1899
S Stewart Ave
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1600 to 1799
S Newberry Ave
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1638 to 1799
S Ford Ave
Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2200 to 2299
Western Ave
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
S Miller St
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1900 to 1999
S Jourdan Ct
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1900 to 1999
S Shelby Ct
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1900 to 1999
S Claremont Ave
Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 2500 to 2599
S Artesian Ave
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2500 to 2599
W Lumber St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2300 to 2399
S Ada St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1600 to 1799
31st St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
S Seeley Ave
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2300 to 2336
S Winchester Ave
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2300 to 2399
Bishop St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: N-S
21st St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
S Levee St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1500 to 1569
S Hamilton Ave
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1700 to 1799
21st Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
W Railroad Pl
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2400 to 2421
Union Ave
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: E-W
Blue Island Ave
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Railroad features:
at and Sf Rlwy
Length: 8.63 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Csx RR & Norfolk Southern Rlwy (Chicago Burlington and Quincy RR)
Length: 5.38 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Csx RR & Norfolk Southern Rlwy (Baltimore and Ohio RR)
Length: 1.20 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Chicago and Western Indiana RR
Length: 1.05 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Chicago and North Western RR
Length: 0.69 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Gulf Mobile and Ohio RR
Length: 0.37 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Other features:
Chicago River S Br
Length: 0.42 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE

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