Montclare
Community area in Chicago · #18
Side: Northwest Side
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About Northwest Side
Bungalow belt neighbourhoods around Portage Park and Belmont Cragin.
What stands out
- Among the likeliest to drive to work in Chicago (90% of commuters)
- Most homes in large apartment buildings on the Northwest Side (13% of homes)
- Newest housing on the Northwest Side (15% built 2000 or later)
Living here
- Housing
- Middle housing cost. Median home $330K · renters pay $1,310/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 60 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 90% drive · 6% transit · 0% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 44% rent
- Tree canopy
- 8–15%. 11% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 52% · Attached 7% · 2–19 units 28% · 20+ units 13%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 24% · 1940–79 52% · 1980–99 9% · 2000 or later 15%
- Ages
- Under 15 17% · 15–24 14% · 25–44 27% · 45–64 26% · 65+ 16%
- Language at home
- Spanish 46% · English only 42% · Polish, Russian or other Slavic 8%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
- 10% 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, Montclare. Tiers compare community areas across Chicago.