Brighton Park
Community area in Chicago · #58
Side: Southwest Side
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About Southwest Side
From McKinley Park and Brighton Park down to Englewood and Midway.
What stands out
- Among the oldest housing on the Southwest Side (54% built 1939 or earlier)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $250K · renters pay $1,140/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 39 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 81% drive · 14% transit · 4% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 44% rent
- Tree canopy
- Under 8%. 4% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 30% · Attached 2% · 2–19 units 66% · 20+ units 1%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 54% · 1940–79 34% · 1980–99 8% · 2000 or later 4%
- Ages
- Under 15 20% · 15–24 15% · 25–44 28% · 45–64 27% · 65+ 10%
- Language at home
- Spanish 69% · English only 18% · Chinese 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
- 9% 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, Brighton Park. Tiers compare community areas across Chicago.