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  Logan Square Includes: Bucktown Population: 73,600 (48% Hispanic, 42% white, 6% black, 3% Asian) Median household income: $48,900 Median sales price (house): $512,000 Median sales price (condo): $310,000 Violent crime rate: 5.5 per 1,000 (vs. 9.3 citywide) Transportation: Three el stops; one Metra stop After a dozen years of false starts, gentrification has finally … Read more

  Hyde Park Population: 25,700 (47% white, 33% black, 11% Asian, 6% Hispanic) Median household income: $48,600 Median sales price (house): $715,000 Median sales price (condo): $154,000 Violent crime rate: 4.6 per 1,000 (vs. 9.3 citywide) Transportation: Three Metra stops If you get bored in Hyde Park, you have only yourself to blame. It’s home … Read more

  Edgewater Includes: Andersonville, Lakewood Balmoral Population: 56,500 (53% white, 16% Hispanic, 15% black, 12% Asian) Median household income: $48,300 Median sales price (house): $490,000 Median sales price (condo): $150,000 Violent crime rate: 3.3 per 1,000 (vs. 9.3 citywide) Transportation: Four el stops Talk to residents and you’ll hear them describe a near-magical place: broad … Read more

  Beverly Population: 20,000 (58% white, 35% black, 5% Hispanic) Median household income: $90,200 Median sales price (house): $223,000 Violent crime rate: 4.0 per 1,000 (vs. 9.3 citywide) Transportation: Five Metra stops Knees accustomed to pancake-flat Chicago terrain will be unprepared for Beverly’s glacial ridge, wedged between a string of five Metra stations and the … Read more

  Lincoln Park Population: 64,100 (82% white, 7% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% black) Median household income: $92,600 Median sales price (house): $1,350,000 Median sales price (condo): $425,000 Violent crime rate: 2.9 per 1,000 (vs. 9.3 citywide) Transportation: Four el stops The biggest downside of this historic lakefront area may be its sheer popularity. Last year … Read more