Hyde Park
Community area in Chicago · #41
Side: South Side
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About South Side
Bridgeport, Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Woodlawn and South Shore.
Names you’ll hear here
- Museum of Science and Industry
What stands out
- Among the likeliest to walk or bike to work in Chicago (42% of commuters)
- Highest rents on the South Side (median $1,600/mo)
- Among the oldest housing on the South Side (52% built 1939 or earlier)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $360K · renters pay $1,600/moSurvey estimates for 2020–2024, not current prices. Rent is what renting households pay, utilities included, counting long-time tenants and subsidized homes, so it sits below what a new lease costs. Use them to compare community areas, not to budget.
- To the Loop
- 30–45 min. About 38 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 34% drive · 22% transit · 42% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 66% rent
- Tree canopy
- 15–25%. 22% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 5% · Attached 11% · 2–19 units 35% · 20+ units 49%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 52% · 1940–79 31% · 1980–99 10% · 2000 or later 7%
- Ages
- Under 15 10% · 15–24 25% · 25–44 34% · 45–64 16% · 65+ 15%
- Language at home
- English only 71% · Chinese 7% · Spanish 7%English only, or the language besides English that each person 5 or older speaks at home. For small areas the Census groups some languages: Polish shares a group with Russian and other Slavic languages.
- Recent immigrants
- 13% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey. Toronto counts a shorter window (2016–21), so the two cities don't compare directly.
American Community Survey 2020–2024 and CTA/Metra schedules, Hyde Park. Tiers compare community areas across Chicago.