Lincoln Square Includes: Budlong Woods, Ravenswood Population: 39,500 (63% white, 19% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% black) Median household income: $55,200 Median sales price (house): $582,000 Median sales price (condo): $247,000 Violent crime rate: 2.6 per 1,000 (vs. 9.3 citywide) Transportation: Four el stops; one Metra stop If you think of this as a beer-and-brats … Read more
La Grange Population: 15,600 (86% white, 6% Hispanic, 5% black, 1% Asian) Median household income: $97,000 Median sales price (house): $421,000 Violent crime rate: 1.0 per 1,000 (vs. 2.1 countywide) Transportation: Two Metra stops In 2012, researchers at DePaul University released a report naming La Grange the most transit-friendly suburb in the entire Chicago … Read more
Geneva Population: 21,500 (91% white, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 1% black) Median household income: $93,000 Median sales price (house): $316,000 Violent crime rate: 0.5 per 1,000 (vs. 1.9 countywide) Transportation: One Metra stop This former grain-mill town is known for fun stuff to see and do. (Just ask the tourists who flock here.) There’s … Read more
Woodstock Population: 24,800 (71% white, 24% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% black) Median household income: $56,000 Median sales price (house): $147,000 Violent crime rate: 1.0 per 1,000 (vs. 1.2 countywide) Transportation: One Metra stop The 1993 movie Groundhog Day wasn’t filmed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, but right here in Woodstock, Illinois. Bill Murray’s hapless character spent … Read more
Northbrook Population: 33,300 (84% white, 12% Asian, 3% Hispanic, 1% black) Median household income: $109,000 Median sales price (house): $504,000 Violent crime rate: 0.3 per 1,000 (vs. 2.1 countywide) Transportation: One Metra stop This large, affluent village cradled by I-94 and I-294 boasts a whole lot of everything. Take green space, for example: Northbrook … Read more
Frankfort Population: 17,800 (86% white, 6% black, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian) Median household income: $115,000 Median sales price (house): $313,000 Violent crime rate: 0.7 per 1,000 (vs. 1.9 countywide) Transportation: I-57 or I-80 The only suburb on this list without passenger train service, Frankfort works hard to overcome that negative with pluses such as … Read more
Bridgeport Includes: Chinatown Population: 31,900 (33% Asian, 33% white, 29% Hispanic, 2% black) Median household income: $48,000 Median sales price (house): $300,000 Median sales price (condo): $195,000 Violent crime rate: 3.3 per 1,000 (vs. 9.3 citywide) Transportation: One el stop The ancestral home of Daleys Richard J. and Richard M., Bridgeport has benefited from … Read more
Near South Side Includes: Printers Row, South Loop Population: 21,400 (45% white, 28% black, 18% Asian, 6% Hispanic) Median household income: $46,300 Median sales price (condo): $350,000 Violent crime rate: 3.6 per 1,000 (vs. 9.3 citywide) Transportation: One el stop; two Metra stops People looking for diversity and a lightning-fast trip downtown will love … Read more
West Town Includes: Noble Square, Ukrainian Village, Wicker Park Population: 81,400 (57% white, 29% Hispanic, 9% black, 4% Asian) Median household income: $52,500 Median sales price (house): $690,000 Median sales price (condo): $363,000 Violent crime rate: 6.7 per 1,000 (vs. 9.3 citywide) Transportation: Four el stops; one Metra stop Proof that the many neighborhoods … Read more
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