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Where to stay in Chicago

Districts named
45
Close to the centre
8
Furthest out
Morgan Park, 17.8 km
Largest by population
West Town

Chicago is set out here as 45 districts and neighbouring places, and 8 of them sit within 5 km of the centre. The closest is Bridgeport. The list reaches 17.8 km out, as far as Morgan Park.

Within 5 km of the middle: Bridgeport, Lower West Side, Near South Side, McKinley Park, Douglas, Chicago Loop, New City and Grand Boulevard. These are the ones a stay can be walked out of.

Further out, between 10 and 18 km, lie Greater Grand Crossing, West Lawn, Avondale, South Shore, North Center and Auburn Gresham. What they give back for the distance is usually space, and sometimes price, although no price figures sit behind this page.

The largest by population is West Town, with about 86,429 residents.

Each place here is a populated area recorded below city level, attached to Chicago when it falls within 25 km of the city centre. 45 of them qualified. The order is distance from the centre and nothing else.

This says where the districts are, not which one is better. It is not a list of administrative boundaries either: coverage below city level is uneven between countries, so there may be districts this page cannot name. No rent, noise or safety figures exist in this programme yet, and none are implied here.

Where to stay in Chicago

DistrictFrom the centreDirectionResidents
Bridgeport1.3 kmsouth33,878
Lower West Side1.4 kmwest34,410
Near South Side2.2 kmeast22,401
McKinley Park2.8 kmsouth west15,612
Douglas3.1 kmsouth east20,323
Chicago Loop4 kmnorth33,442
New City4.8 kmsouth40,997
Grand Boulevard4.8 kmsouth east22,373
South Lawndale5.2 kmwest73,826
West Town5.3 kmnorth west86,429
Brighton Park5.3 kmsouth west44,202
East Garfield Park5.6 kmnorth west20,656
Near North Side5.7 kmnorth85,711
North Lawndale5.8 kmwest35,276
Kenwood6.3 kmsouth east17,601
Gage Park7.2 kmsouth west41,202
West Garfield Park7.4 kmnorth west17,742
Hyde Park7.8 kmsouth east26,893
Englewood7.8 kmsouth26,121
Lincoln Park8 kmnorth66,959
West Englewood8.1 kmsouth32,156
West Elsdon8.8 kmsouth west19,219
Woodlawn8.9 kmsouth east24,150
Logan Square9.1 kmnorth west73,702
Chicago Lawn9.2 kmsouth west55,551
Greater Grand Crossing10.3 kmsouth32,346
West Lawn10.5 kmsouth west32,749
Avondale11.1 kmnorth west39,721
South Shore11.5 kmsouth east51,451
North Center11.8 kmnorth34,623
Auburn Gresham12 kmsouth45,842
Ashburn12.5 kmsouth west42,752
Chatham12.5 kmsouth31,392
Uptown12.9 kmnorth55,137
Belmont Cragin13.4 kmnorth west79,159
Irving Park13.5 kmnorth west56,520
Lincoln Square14.4 kmnorth40,761
Albany Park14.5 kmnorth west52,079
South Chicago14.6 kmsouth east28,095
Edgewater14.9 kmnorth54,873
Portage Park15.3 kmnorth west64,841
West Ridge17 kmnorth72,211
Mount Greenwood17.6 kmsouth18,783
Rogers Park17.7 kmnorth54,402
Morgan Park17.8 kmsouth22,924

Questions

Which part of Chicago is most central?

Bridgeport sits closest to the centre of the 45 places named here, and 8 of them are within 5 km. The full distances are in the table, so the order can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Does this say which district is best?

No. It says where each one is and how big it is. Rent, noise and safety are what would decide better, and this programme has no measured source for any of them yet.

Are these all the districts of Chicago?

Not necessarily. The places come from a global gazetteer whose coverage below city level differs from country to country, so this is what can be named with a source behind it rather than a complete list.

Related pages

Sources

  • GeoNames, neighbourhood-facts-verified (CC BY 4.0)