Hegewisch
Community area in Chicago · #55
Side: Far Southeast Side
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About Far Southeast Side
Chatham to Hegewisch, including Pullman and the Calumet area.
What stands out
- Longest transit trip to the Loop in Chicago (about 93 min)
- Most detached houses on the Far Southeast Side (74% of homes)
- Among the highest shares of homeowners on the Far Southeast Side (33% rent)
Living here
- Housing
- Lower housing cost. Median home $190K · renters pay $1,240/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
- Over an hour. About 93 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 82% drive · 12% transit · 1% walk or bike
- Households
- Mostly owners. 33% rent
- Tree canopy
- 25% or more. 30% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 74% · 2–19 units 20% · 20+ units 2%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 29% · 1940–79 58% · 1980–99 8% · 2000 or later 5%
- Ages
- Under 15 21% · 15–24 11% · 25–44 26% · 45–64 25% · 65+ 18%
- Language at home
- English only 68% · Spanish 27%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
- 2% 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, Hegewisch. Tiers compare community areas across Chicago.