Uptown
Community area in Chicago · #3
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
- Aragon Ballroom
- Montrose Beach
What stands out
- Among the likeliest to take transit to work in Chicago (42% of commuters)
- Most likely to walk or bike to work on the Far North Side (11% of commuters)
- Most homes in large apartment buildings on the Far North Side (58% of homes)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $360K · renters pay $1,360/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 41 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly transit, walk or bike. 44% drive · 42% transit · 11% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly renters. 71% rent
- Tree canopy
- 8–15%. 14% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 4% · Attached 1% · 2–19 units 36% · 20+ units 58%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 44% · 1940–79 34% · 1980–99 10% · 2000 or later 11%
- Ages
- Under 15 8% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 46% · 45–64 24% · 65+ 12%
- Language at home
- English only 69% · Spanish 10%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
- 8% 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, Uptown. Tiers compare community areas across Chicago.