Chicago, IL

Name: Chicago, Illinois
Address: Chicago, IL

56 neighborhoods · 2,705,664 residents · Illinois

60/100

Safety Score

Affordability

$81K

Median Income

$355K

Median Home Value

Is Chicago, IL a Good Place to Live?

Chicago receives an overall livability grade of B (60/100), indicating solid livability relative to the rest of Illinois. Safety scores A (80/100), indicating lower crime rates than most areas. Affordability scores C+ (58/100) with a median household income of $80,762 and median home values around $355,427.

About 47.4% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the unemployment rate is 8.5%. 47% of housing is owner-occupied. The median age is 36.

$1,473

Median Rent/mo

47.4%

College Educated

8.5%

Unemployment

47%

Owner-Occupied

Median Age

2,705,664

Population

Zip Codes

Cook

County

56 zip codes · hover for score · click to view

Low Mid High

Neighborhoods in Chicago

#	Zip	Overall	Safety	Afford.	Income	Home $	Pop.
1	60646Cook Co.	84 A	94	93	$112K	$481K	28,770
2	60631Cook Co.	81 A	95	86	$113K	$407K	30,418
3	60611Cook Co.	80 A	96	72	$127K	$656K	35,247
4	60614Cook Co.	80 A	96	86	$135K	$730K	71,701
5	60655Cook Co.	80 A	95	92	$115K	$297K	28,000
6	60603Cook Co.	79 B+	95	78	$125K	$758K	1,110
7	60622Cook Co.	79 B+	95	80	$119K	$617K	53,944
8	60606Cook Co.	78 B+	96	75	$133K	$353K	3,513
9	60642Cook Co.	78 B+	97	82	$138K	$593K	21,444
10	60654Cook Co.	78 B+	97	74	$138K	$496K	23,475
11	60661Cook Co.	78 B+	97	77	$140K	$405K	11,513
12	60602Cook Co.	77 B+	98	88	$168K	—	938
13	60610Cook Co.	77 B+	94	72	$106K	$503K	42,904
14	60657Cook Co.	77 B+	94	76	$105K	$527K	71,192
15	60601Cook Co.	75 B+	95	66	$121K	$557K	16,398
16	60618Cook Co.	75 B+	93	82	$101K	$503K	92,235
17	60630Cook Co.	74 B+	93	80	$91K	$358K	55,295
18	60647Cook Co.	74 B+	93	75	$98K	$538K	85,685
19	60613Cook Co.	73 B+	93	72	$92K	$399K	51,961
20	60634Cook Co.	73 B+	91	77	$83K	$321K	75,873
21	60638Cook Co.	73 B+	92	81	$85K	$274K	57,799
22	60656Cook Co.	73 B+	91	72	$83K	$339K	29,180
23	60607Cook Co.	70 B+	95	69	$120K	$487K	28,797
24	60605Cook Co.	68 B	95	68	$116K	$480K	34,314
25	60625Cook Co.	68 B	91	72	$84K	$395K	80,296
26	60641Cook Co.	67 B	88	76	$80K	$358K	68,968
27	60616Cook Co.	65 B	81	66	$72K	$391K	52,707
28	60643Cook Co.	65 B	89	75	$80K	$228K	48,270
29	60640Cook Co.	64 B	79	60	$69K	$353K	67,317
30	60645Cook Co.	63 B	82	64	$74K	$310K	48,692
31	60652Cook Co.	61 B	85	68	$76K	$227K	42,223
32	60608Cook Co.	59 C+	76	62	$67K	$322K	82,749
33	60659Cook Co.	59 C+	73	52	$64K	$356K	42,621
34	60660Cook Co.	59 C+	73	56	$64K	$278K	42,895
35	60604Cook Co.	58 C+	85	48	$77K	$601K	737
36	60626Cook Co.	55 C+	66	45	$56K	$269K	50,135
37	60639Cook Co.	51 C+	65	44	$55K	$279K	85,248
38	60612Cook Co.	50 C+	69	48	$59K	$343K	34,459
39	60615Cook Co.	50 C+	66	40	$57K	$306K	42,780
40	60632Cook Co.	46 C	64	50	$54K	$226K	86,372
41	60633Cook Co.	45 C	65	46	$55K	$169K	12,440
42	60617Cook Co.	44 C	62	45	$51K	$161K	83,188
43	60629Cook Co.	44 C	63	48	$53K	$225K	108,997
44	60609Cook Co.	42 C	62	39	$47K	$229K	63,241
45	60651Cook Co.	41 C	62	33	$49K	$242K	65,229
46	60628Cook Co.	39 D	62	34	$49K	$151K	61,419
47	60619Cook Co.	38 D	60	30	$43K	$197K	60,443
48	60620Cook Co.	38 D	61	34	$46K	$178K	68,330
49	60653Cook Co.	37 D	57	23	$35K	$342K	34,364
50	60623Cook Co.	36 D	58	22	$38K	$203K	76,611
51	60637Cook Co.	36 D	58	18	$37K	$241K	51,145
52	60649Cook Co.	35 D	59	24	$40K	$187K	50,143
53	60624Cook Co.	30 D	57	13	$32K	$224K	35,664
54	60644Cook Co.	30 D	57	16	$34K	$225K	49,445
55	60621Cook Co.	29 F	56	13	$30K	$125K	26,997
56	60636Cook Co.	29 F	56	12	$30K	$131K	29,833

Scores are percentile-based (0–100) derived from US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI crime data. A score of 80 means this area ranks better than 80% of all US locations on that metric.