Lincoln Square
Community area in Chicago · #4
Side: Far North Side
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About Far North Side
From Rogers Park and Edgewater on the lake out to O'Hare.
Names you’ll hear here
- Ravenswood
What stands out
- Among the leafiest on the Far North Side (23% tree canopy)
- Among the oldest housing on the Far North Side (46% built 1939 or earlier)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $450K · renters pay $1,560/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
- 45–60 min. About 50 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 59% drive · 29% transit · 9% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 59% rent
- Tree canopy
- 15–25%. 23% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 14% · Attached 2% · 2–19 units 67% · 20+ units 17%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 46% · 1940–79 36% · 1980–99 7% · 2000 or later 11%
- Ages
- Under 15 14% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 43% · 45–64 22% · 65+ 11%
- Language at home
- English only 71% · Spanish 12% · Other Indo-European (e.g. Hindi, Urdu) 5%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
- 7% 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, Lincoln Square. Tiers compare community areas across Chicago.