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Chicago, IL
New York, NY
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Distance between 
Chicago, IL and 
New York, NY : 718.1 miles
Chicago, IL and
New York, NY : 718.1 miles
New York's population is larger by 309%. Its population has grown by 397,559 people (5.0%) since 2000. The population of Chicago has decreased by 177,234 people (6.1%) during that time.
| Population | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,718,782  |
8,405,837 |
| Female / male percentage | 51.2% / 48.8%
|
52.3% / 47.7%
|
| Urban / rural population | 100% / 0%
|
100% / 0%
|
| Income | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated median household income | $47,099 |
$52,223 |
| Estimated per capita income | $28,548 |
$32,540 |
| Cost of living index (U.S. average is 100) | 106.8 |
163.3 |
If you make $50,000 in Chicago, you will have to make $76,451 in New York to maintain the same standard of living.
| Geographical information | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Land area | 227.1 sq. mile | 303.3 sq. mile |
| Population density | 11,970 people per sq. mile | 27,714 people per sq. mile |
| Elevation | 596 feet | 30 feet |
Chicago, IL
New York, NY
| Educational attainment | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Less than high school | 17.8% |
19.6% |
| High school or equiv. | 23.4% |
24.3% |
| Less than 1 year of college | 4.3% |
3.1% |
| 1 or more years of college | 13.5% |
10.9% |
| Associate degree | 5.9% |
6.4% |
| Bachelor's degree | 20.8% |
21.1% |
| Master's degree | 10% |
10.3% |
| Profess. school degree | 2.8% |
2.8% |
| Doctorate degree | 1.6% |
1.5% |
| Education level (25-year-olds and older) | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 35.1% |
35.7% |
| Graduate or professional degree | 14.3% |
14.6% |
| High school or higher | 82.2% |
80.4% |
In Chicago (Cook County), 74.0% voted for Democrats and 24.6% for Republicans in 2012 Presidential Election. In New York (New York County), 84.2% voted for Democrats and 14.6% for Republicans.
| Weather and climate | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Temperature - Average | 50.3°F | 54.9°F |
| Humidity - Average morning or afternoon humidity | 71.4% |
63.6% |
| Humidity - Differences between morning and afternoon humidity | 29% |
26.1% |
| Humidity - Maximum monthly morning or afternoon humidity | 86% |
77.5% |
| Humidity - Minimum monthly morning or afternoon humidity | 57% |
51.4% |
| Precipitation - Yearly average | 37.8 in | 46.6 in |
| Snowfall - Yearly average | 38.5 in | 26.5 in |
| Clouds - Number of days clear of clouds | 7% |
8.3% |
| Sunshine amount - Average | 53.5% |
58.3% |
| Sunshine amount - Differences during a year | 29% |
16% |
| Sunshine amount - Maximum monthly | 67% |
65% |
| Sunshine amount - Minimum monthly | 38% |
49% |
| Wind speed - Average | 10.4 mph | 11.1 mph |
| Natural disasters | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Tornado activity compared to U.S. average | 145.8% |
56.5% |
| Earthquake activity compared to U.S. average | 14.8% |
12.2% |
| Natural disasters compared to U.S. average | 17% |
13% |
| Transport | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Amtrak stations | 1 |
1 |
| Amtrak stations nearby | 3 |
3 |
| FAA registered aircraft | 900 |
728 |
| FAA registered aircraft manufacturers and dealers | 3 |
4 |
| Means of transportation to work | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Bicycle | 1.1% |
1% |
| Bus | 12.1% |
12.2% |
| Carpooled | 7.3% |
4.8% |
| Car alone | 47.7% |
22.4% |
| Ferryboat | 0% |
0.5% |
| Railroad | 9.1% |
7.3% |
| Streetcar | 0.3% |
0.2% |
| Subway | 11.2% |
37.9% |
| Taxicab | 0.8% |
1.7% |
| Walked | 5.6% |
8.4% |
| Average travel time to work | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Average | 40.2 min | 47.2 min |
| Other means | 33.1 min | 31.3 min |
| Public transportation | 44.8 min | 49.3 min |
| Private vehicle occupancy | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Average | 1.4 |
1.4 |
| Drove alone | 77.6% |
75.7% |
| In 2 person carpool | 16% |
16.8% |
| In 3 person carpool | 3.6% |
3.7% |
| In 4 person carpool | 1.5% |
1.6% |
| In 5-6 person carpool | 0.8% |
0.9% |
| In 7+ person carpool | 0.5% |
1.3% |
How many people usually rode to work in the car, truck or van.
| Houses and residents | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,152,871 |
3,200,912 |
| Average household size (people) | 2.5 |
2.6 |
| Median year apartment built | 1947 |
1948 |
| Median year house/condo built | 1949 |
1951 |
| Length of stay in the house since moving in | 15.8 years | 15.9 years |
| Houses occupied | 1,061,921 (92.1%) | 3,021,588 (94.4%) |
| Houses occupied by owners | 441,937 (42.9%) | 988,094 (32%) |
| Houses occupied by renters | 588,199 (57.1%) | 2,096,767 (68%) |
| Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units | $941.06 |
$1,405 |
| Median monthly housing costs | $1,073 |
$1,293 |
| Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos | $211,286 |
$1,179,232 |
| Estimated median house or condo value | $211,400 |
$488,100 |
| Median numbers of rooms | 4.7 |
4 |
| Median number of rooms in apartments | 4 |
3.3 |
| Median number of rooms in houses and condos | 5.6 |
5.5 |
| Median house price - detached houses | $1,000,001 |
$1,000,001 |
| Median house price - in 2-unit structures | $1,000,001 |
$1,000,001 |
| Median house price - in 3-to-4-unit structures | $1,000,001 |
$1,000,001 |
| Median house price - in 5 or more unit structures | $1,000,001 |
$1,000,001 |
| Median house price - mobile homes | $41,947 |
$209,937 |
| Median house price - Townhouses or other attached units | $947,684 |
$1,000,001 |
| Median house price - All housing units | $1,000,001 |
$1,000,001 |
| Median house age | 66 |
64 |
| Renting percentage | 55.1% |
69% |
| Housing density (houses/condos per square mile) | 5,075.8 |
10,553 |
| House value disparities | 37.6% |
34.6% |
| Household income disparities | 47.5% |
50.5% |
| Median household income for houses/condes with a mortgage | $80,709 |
$100,040 |
| Median household income for apartments without a mortgage | $47,387 |
$62,423 |
| Housing units without a mortgage | 83,124 (31.5%) | 126,282 (32.3%) |
| Housing units with both a second mortgage and home equity loan | 736 (0.3%) | 772 (0.2%) |
| Housing units with a mortgage | 180,801 (68.5%) | 265,120 (67.7%) |
| Housing units with a home equity loan | 20,340 (7.7%) | 22,255 (5.7%) |
| Housing units with a second mortgage | 20,517 (7.8%) | 22,603 (5.8%) |
| House/condo owner moved in on average (years ago) | 8 |
10 |
| House/condo renter moved in on average (years ago) | -2 |
3 |
| Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities | 2% |
1.4% |
| Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities | 1.6% |
1.5% |
| Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| With mortgages | $$3,645 (1.7%) | $$3,666 (0.8%) |
| With no mortgages | $$2,964 (1.6%) | $$4,164 (0.9%) |
| Marital status | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Divorced | 8.2% |
7.6% |
| Never married | 48.1% |
42.9% |
| Now married | 36.4% |
40.8% |
| Separated | 2.4% |
3.2% |
| Widowed | 5% |
5.5% |
| Health (county statistics) | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| General health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Average weight of females (lbs) | 164.3 lbs | 150.1 lbs |
| Average weight of males (lbs) | 191.3 lbs | 180.1 lbs |
| Residents visited a dentist within the past year | 69.5% | 77.7% |
| Residents exercised in the past month | 74.7% | 79% |
| Residents keep firearms around their homes | 9.8% | 1.6% |
| Adult residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days | 79.1% | 84% |
| Residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives | 44.9% | 46.3% |
| People in group quarters | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture workers' dormitories on farms | 280 (0%) | 50 (0%) |
| College dormitories (includes college quarters off campus) | 15,887 (0.5%) | 37,861 (0.5%) |
| Crews of maritime vessels | 0 (0%) | 18 (0%) |
| Dormitories | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Federal prisons and detention centers | 473 (0%) | 2,560 (0%) |
| Group homes | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Halfway houses | 143 (0%) | 19 (0%) |
| Homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children | 168 (0%) | 109 (0%) |
| Homes for the mentally ill | 934 (0%) | 4,104 (0.1%) |
| Homes for the mentally retarded | 151 (0%) | 4,417 (0.1%) |
| Homes for the physically handicapped | 61 (0%) | 319 (0%) |
| Homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse | 1,674 (0.1%) | 4,801 (0.1%) |
| Hospices or homes for chronically ill | 0 (0%) | 418 (0%) |
| Hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse | 364 (0%) | 1,736 (0%) |
| Hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill | 368 (0%) | 2,884 (0%) |
| Hospitals/wards, hospices, and schools for the handicapped | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Institutions for the blind | 0 (0%) | 75 (0%) |
| Institutions for the deaf | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Job corps and vocational training facilities | 17 (0%) | 579 (0%) |
| Juvenile institutions | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups) | 10,565 (0.4%) | 15,338 (0.2%) |
| Long-term care | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards | 629 (0%) | 4,650 (0.1%) |
| Military hospitals or wards for chronically ill | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Military transient quarters for temporary residents | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Military barracks, etc. | 0 (0%) | 230 (0%) |
| Military disciplinary barracks | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Military quarters | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Military ships | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Noninstitutionalized settings | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Nursing homes | 13,839 (0.5%) | 42,480 (0.5%) |
| On base quarters | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped | 0 (0%) | 72 (0%) |
| Other group homes | 1,264 (0%) | 4,484 (0.1%) |
| Other hospitals or wards for chronically ill | 368 (0%) | 2,466 (0%) |
| Other nonhousehold living situations | 2,827 (0.1%) | 4,246 (0.1%) |
| Other noninstitutional group quarters | 6,632 (0.2%) | 38,850 (0.5%) |
| Other types of correctional institutions | 0 (0%) | 448 (0%) |
| Other workers' dormitories | 12 (0%) | 115 (0%) |
| Religious group quarters | 2,484 (0.1%) | 6,486 (0.1%) |
| Residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children | 41 (0%) | 91 (0%) |
| Schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded | 0 (0%) | 836 (0%) |
| Schools, hospitals, or wards for the physically handicapped | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children | 13 (0%) | 52 (0%) |
| State prisons | 477 (0%) | 3,037 (0%) |
| Training schools for juvenile delinquents | 90 (0%) | 390 (0%) |
| Unknown juvenile institutions | 56 (0%) | 268 (0%) |
| Wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere | 96 (0%) | 825 (0%) |
| Wards in military hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| English speakers (speaking English at home) | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Born in the United States residents | 91.2% |
87.8% |
| Foreign born residents | 9.6% |
23.7% |
| Native, born elsewhere residents | 22.9% |
22.4% |
| Total residents | 64.3% |
51% |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Hospitals | 86 |
58 |
| TV stations | 22 |
29 |
| Arenas or stadiums | 7 |
5 |
| Bank branches located here | 740 |
487 |
| Bank institutions located here | 99 |
87 |
| Main business address for public companies | 110 |
395 |
| Drinking water stations with no reported violations in the past | 22 |
5 |
| Drinking water stations with reported violations in the past | 16 |
12 |
Schools
| School facilities | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Private elementary/middle schools | 310 |
98 |
| Private high schools | 69 |
50 |
| Public elementary/middle schools | 536 |
234 |
| Public high schools | 102 |
86 |
| Colleges/Universities | 90 |
97 |
| National Bridge Inventory | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Number of bridges | 1,240 |
2,705 |
| Total costs | $1,360,943,000 |
$47,555,554,000 |
| Total average daily traffic | 66,014,231 |
115,803,475 |
| Total average daily truck traffic | 3,883,403 |
4,032,911 |
| Length of all bridges | 43,386 feet | 168,806 feet |
| Government finances - Expenditure (per resident) | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Construction general public buildings | $1,218,000 ($0.45) | $189,087,000 ($22.50) |
| Current operations police protection | $1,163,049,000 ($427.78) | $3,872,293,000 ($460.67) |
| Current operations parks and recreation | $72,413,000 ($26.63) | $515,760,000 ($61.36) |
| Current operations regular highways | $182,683,000 ($67.19) | $173,598,000 ($20.65) |
| Current operations financial administration | $59,745,000 ($21.98) | $375,359,000 ($44.66) |
| Current operations housing and community development | $106,617,000 ($39.22) | $2,902,621,000 ($345.31) |
| Current operations judicial and legal services | $33,684,000 ($12.39) | $527,154,000 ($62.71) |
| Current operations protective inspection and regulation NEC | $41,280,000 ($15.18) | $195,821,000 ($23.30) |
| Current operations central staff services | $59,363,000 ($21.83) | $181,916,000 ($21.64) |
| Current operations general public buildings | $37,697,000 ($13.87) | $106,551,000 ($12.68) |
| Current operations sewerage | $61,988,000 ($22.80) | $288,030,000 ($34.27) |
| Current operations solid waste management | $182,724,000 ($67.21) | $1,002,272,000 ($119.24) |
| Current operations general other | $917,688,000 ($337.54) | $6,864,232,000 ($816.60) |
| Current operations elementary and secondary education | $0 ($0) | $14,670,655,000 ($1,745) |
| Employee retirement corporate bonds | $1,619,346,000 ($595.62) | $21,244,833,000 ($2,527) |
| Employee retirement total cash and deposits | $503,545,000 ($185.21) | $2,538,707,000 ($302.02) |
| Employee retirement benefit payments | $1,233,972,000 ($453.87) | $7,501,415,000 ($892.41) |
| General interest on debt | $756,221,000 ($278.15) | $3,204,968,000 ($381.28) |
| Other capital outlay general other | $69,058,000 ($25.40) | $70,119,000 ($8.34) |
| Total salaries and wages | $2,488,691,000 ($915.37) | $25,012,586,000 ($2,976) |
| Government finances - Revenue (per resident) | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Charges parks and recreation | $0 ($0) | $62,727,000 ($7.46) |
| Charges all other | $80,439,000 ($29.59) | $512,597,000 ($60.98) |
| Charges sewerage | 143,537,000 (52.80) | 1,143,424,000 (136.03) |
| Miscellaneous general revenue NEC | $43,798,000 ($16.11) | $1,369,402,000 ($162.91) |
| Miscellaneous interest earnings | $248,443,000 ($91.38) | $1,153,191,000 ($137.19) |
| Miscellaneous rents | $4,138,000 ($1.52) | $80,537,000 ($9.58) |
| State intergovernmental highways | $94,663,000 ($34.82) | $294,043,000 ($34.98) |
| Tax property | $428,876,000 ($157.75) | $12,753,736,000 ($1,517) |
| Tax NEC | $175,020,000 ($64.37) | $610,697,000 ($72.65) |
| Government finances - Cash and securities (per resident) | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Employee retirement total federal securities | $1,001,337,000 ($368.30) | $5,533,908,000 ($658.34) |
| Employee retirement total other securities | $3,450,856,000 ($1,269) | $28,168,633,000 ($3,351) |
| Sinking funds cash and securities | $5,022,795,000 ($1,847) | $16,405,045,000 ($1,952) |
| Taxpayer migration | ||
| Type | Chicago | New York |
|---|---|---|
| Moved from other counties | 70,546 (3.5%) | 68,786 (10.3%) |
| Moved from other counties - average AGI | $46,108 |
$63,651 |
| Moved to other counties | 78,763 (3.9%) | 67,039 (10.1%) |
| Moved to other counties - average AGI | $54,782 |
$81,374 |
| Moved from foreign countries | 711 (0%) | 1,246 (0.2%) |
| Moved from foreign countries - average AGI | $558.03 |
$1,709 |
| Moved to foreign countries | 1,362 (0.1%) | 2,992 (0.5%) |
| Moved to foreign countries - average AGI | $1,216 |
$5,479 |
