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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 3.387 square miles

Population: 21,080

Population density:
Near West Side:  6,225 people per square mile
Chicago:  12,750 people per square mile

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

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

Races in Near West Side in Chicago neighborhood in IL

Zip codes: 60607, 60612, 60661.

Males:  10,357
Females:  10,723

Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:  30.1 years
Whole city:  31.5 years

Females:
This neighborhood:  32.0 years
Whole city:  32.6 years


Average household size:
Near West Side:  2.0 people
Chicago:  2.7 people

Average family size:
Near West Side:  3.1 members
Chicago:  3.5 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  19.4%
city:  35.1%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Near West Side:  5.0%
Chicago:  16.9%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  15.5%
Chicago:  12.7%

5.2% of population in other group homes

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  21.2%
Chicago:  21.0%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Near West Side:  25.4%
city:  19.9%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  1.6%
Chicago:  9.9%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  61.4%
Chicago:  57.7%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Near West Side:  29.5%
Chicago:  18.5%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  0.8%
city:  2.1%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  8.4%
Chicago:  21.7%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Near West Side:
  • 1 room: 1,806
  • 2 rooms: 6,818
  • 3 rooms: 10,150
  • 4 rooms: 12,732
  • 5 rooms: 5,426
  • 6 rooms: 4,091
  • 7 rooms: 2,591
  • 8 rooms: 1,156
  • 9+ rooms: 1,850


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Near West Side:
  • 1 room: 12,519
  • 2 rooms: 15,063
  • 3 rooms: 18,719
  • 4 rooms: 12,519
  • 5 rooms: 10,863
  • 6 rooms: 5,481
  • 7 rooms: 680
  • 8 rooms: 667
  • 9+ rooms: 395


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Near West Side:
  • no bedroom: 1,863
  • 1 bedroom: 14,406
  • 2 bedrooms: 21,108
  • 3 bedrooms: 5,996
  • 4 bedrooms: 2,280
  • 5+ bedrooms: 968


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Near West Side:
  • no bedroom: 14,702
  • 1 bedroom: 31,608
  • 2 bedrooms: 17,869
  • 3 bedrooms: 10,834
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,418
  • 5+ bedrooms: 478


Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:  1.1
Chicago:  1.4

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Here:  0.6
city:  0.8

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Near West Side:  74.2%
Chicago:  68.5%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (3.3% of all units):
Near West Side:  $157,063
Chicago:  $322,619

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (4.7% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $118,786
city:  $244,462

Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2007 (8.4% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $119,057
Chicago:  $184,702

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (5.5% of all units):
Near West Side:  $180,697
city:  $437,378

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (78.0% of all units):
Near West Side:  $205,500
Chicago:  $357,838



Owners and renters by unit type in %

Mode of transportation to work in Near West Side in Chicago, IL

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  22.1%
city:  8.1%

Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  9.3%
city:  4.5%

Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  9.8%
city:  3.4%

Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  5.0%
city:  2.1%

Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  1.3%
city:  0.8%

Percentage of males in legal occupations:
Here:  5.6%
city:  1.9%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  2.6%
city:  3.0%

Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  3.9%
city:  2.7%

Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  5.7%
city:  2.1%

Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here:  7.5%
city:  16.2%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  18.9%
city:  19.1%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  2.0%
city:  12.1%

Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here:  3.5%
city:  11.4%

Percentage of males in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  2.3%
city:  11.3%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  13.4%
city:  8.1%

Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  10.7%
city:  6.0%

Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  2.5%
city:  1.7%

Percentage of females in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  1.9%
city:  0.5%

Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  1.4%
city:  1.0%

Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here:  2.5%
city:  2.4%

Percentage of females in legal occupations:
Here:  1.9%
city:  1.8%

Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  7.6%
city:  7.5%

Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  3.7%
city:  2.5%

Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  7.3%
city:  5.9%

Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here:  11.4%
city:  17.0%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  30.3%
city:  35.6%

Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here:  3.0%
city:  6.5%

Percentage of females in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  2.1%
city:  2.7%

Percentage of people 18-64 in Armed Forces:
Near West Side:  0.0%
Chicago:  0.0%

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Near West Side:  17.1%
Chicago:  20.1%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Near West Side:  4.6%
Chicago:  5.6%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Near West Side:  6.0%
Chicago:  2.0%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Near West Side:  11.0%
Chicago:  16.7%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Near West Side:  32.8%
Chicago:  19.6%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Near West Side:  1806
Chicago:  1989

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Near West Side:  1922
Chicago:  1997

Median rent in 2007:
Near West Side:  $731
Chicago:  $721

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Near West Side:  75.6%
Chicago:  55.0%



Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (66%)
  • Electricity (29%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • No fuel used (1%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)


Limited-access highways (interstate or state) in this neighborhood:
I- 290
Length: 2.98 miles
Direction: E-W
I- 90 (I- 94, Dan Ryan Expy)
Length: 1.02 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 351 to 373
Congress Pkwy
Length: 0.59 miles
Direction: E-W
Roads and streets:
Eisenhower Expy ()
Length: 4.28 miles
Direction: E-W
W Washington Blvd
Length: 3.75 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 500 to 2629
W Madison St
Length: 3.74 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 400 to 2663
W Van Buren St
Length: 3.72 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 400 to 2599
W Lake St
Length: 3.72 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 400 to 2599
W Jackson Blvd
Length: 3.70 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 400 to 2651
W Adams St
Length: 3.63 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 400 to 2653
W Monroe St
Length: 3.62 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 400 to 2599
W Fulton St
Length: 2.54 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 500 to 2599
W Carroll Ave
Length: 2.27 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 800 to 2199
W Randolph St
Length: 2.21 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 400 to 2164
W Warren Blvd
Length: 1.98 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1500 to 2631
W Walnut St
Length: 1.49 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 636 to 2399
Madison St
Length: 1.24 miles
Direction: E-W
W Kinzie St
Length: 1.21 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 420 to 1199
Kennedy Expy (I 90/i 94)
Length: 1.03 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
W Fulton Market (W Fulton St)
Length: 1.00 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 636 to 1299
W Maypole Ave
Length: 0.80 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1600 to 2629
W Arcade Pl
Length: 0.75 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 500 to 1799
Randolph St
Length: 0.69 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
W Quincy St
Length: 0.68 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 538 to 1799
W Ogden Ave
Length: 0.64 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1500 to 1860
W Gladys Ave
Length: 0.64 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 700 to 2433
N Ogden Ave
Length: 0.63 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 399
Ashland Ave
Length: 0.59 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
W Wayman St
Length: 0.52 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 600 to 931
N Halsted St
Length: 0.51 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Oakley Blvd
Length: 0.51 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Leavitt St
Length: 0.51 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 379
N Paulina St
Length: 0.51 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 375
N Racine Ave
Length: 0.51 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
N Damen Ave
Length: 0.51 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 375
N Wood St
Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 375
N Sangamon St
Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Morgan St
Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N May St
Length: 0.50 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 399
N Aberdeen St
Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Carpenter St
Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 100 to 399
N Western Ave
Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 398
N Peoria St
Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Desplaines St
Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Jefferson St
Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Clinton St
Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Canal St
Length: 0.50 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Wolcott Ave
Length: 0.49 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 375
N Riverside Plz
Length: 0.48 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 331
N Ashland Blvd (N Ashland Ave)
Length: 0.48 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Green St
Length: 0.47 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Ada St
Length: 0.47 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
S Canal St
Length: 0.44 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 499
S Clinton St
Length: 0.43 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 465
S Jefferson St
Length: 0.43 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 479
N Elizabeth St
Length: 0.43 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
N Hoyne Ave
Length: 0.43 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 391
S Halsted St
Length: 0.43 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 499
S Morgan St
Length: 0.42 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 513
S Racine Ave
Length: 0.42 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 484
S Ashland Ave
Length: 0.42 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 481
S Paulina St
Length: 0.41 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 481
N Loomis St
Length: 0.41 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 359
S Damen Ave
Length: 0.41 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 499
S Peoria St
Length: 0.41 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 499
S Loomis St
Length: 0.41 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 473
S Oakley Blvd
Length: 0.41 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 499
S Desplaines St
Length: 0.41 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 499
S Sangamon St
Length: 0.40 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 499
S Green St
Length: 0.40 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 499
S Western Ave
Length: 0.39 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 499
S Hoyne Ave
Length: 0.39 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
S Leavitt St
Length: 0.39 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 472
N Milwaukee Ave
Length: 0.38 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 200 to 399
S Aberdeen St
Length: 0.38 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 499
N Campbell Ave
Length: 0.38 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 299
S Riverside Plz
Length: 0.36 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
S Wood St
Length: 0.35 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
S Laflin St
Length: 0.35 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
W Rundell Pl
Length: 0.35 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1000 to 1199
S Seeley Ave
Length: 0.35 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
S Campbell Ave
Length: 0.35 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
S Tilden St
Length: 0.32 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1000 to 1199
W Tilden St
Length: 0.31 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 500 to 831
W Arbor Pl
Length: 0.31 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1352 to 1599
W Wilcox St
Length: 0.31 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2300 to 2549
S Rockwell St
Length: 0.30 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 1 to 399
S Throop St
Length: 0.27 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 399
N Hermitage Ave
Length: 0.26 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 199
N Artesian Ave
Length: 0.24 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 200 to 399
S Winchester Ave
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 299
S Wolcott Ave
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 299
S Honore St
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 299
N Talman Ave
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 158
N Justine St
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 200 to 365
N Laflin St
Length: 0.20 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 200 to 359
Academy Pl
Length: 0.18 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 41
W Cottage Pl
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1200 to 1299
N Union Ave
Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 200 to 399
S Bell Ave
Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 100 to 299
N Maplewood Ave
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 200 to 299
W Couch Pl
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 600 to 799
W Court Pl
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 634 to 799
W Warren Ave
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 634 to 799
Washington Blvd (W Washington St)
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 400 to 499
S Maplewood Ave
Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 130 to 336
N Bell Ave
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 300 to 373
N Claremont Ave
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 239 to 348
N Bishop St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
N Throop St
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
S Hermitage Ave
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 300 to 399
N Willard Ct
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 100 to 141
S Artesian Ave
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 300 to 399
S Hamilton Ave
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 200 to 299
W Marble Pl
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 700 to 741
Arcade Pl
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Halsted St
Length: 0.06 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Ogden Ave
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Gladys Ave
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
N Seeley Ave
Length: 0.04 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 126 to 142
S Carpenter St
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 400 to 499
Monroe St
Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Western Ave
Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
N Ashland Blvd
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: N-S
S Des Plaines Ave
Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Railroad features:
Chicago and North Western RR
Length: 3.38 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Soo Line RR
Length: 1.63 miles
Direction: E-W
Conrail RR
Length: 1.46 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Other features:
Chicago River S Br
Length: 0.78 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW

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