North Center
Community area in Chicago · #5
Side: North Side
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About North Side
Lake View, Lincoln Park, Logan Square and their neighbours.
Names you’ll hear here
- Roscoe Village
What stands out
- Highest home values in Chicago (median $730K)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $730K · renters pay $1,830/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
- Mixed. 64% drive · 24% transit · 10% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 43% rent
- Tree canopy
- 8–15%. 13% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 29% · Attached 4% · 2–19 units 59% · 20+ units 9%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 49% · 1940–79 15% · 1980–99 8% · 2000 or later 28%
- Ages
- Under 15 23% · 15–24 7% · 25–44 39% · 45–64 23% · 65+ 8%
- Language at home
- English only 86% · Spanish 6%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
- 2% 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, North Center. Tiers compare community areas across Chicago.