Irving Park
Community area in Chicago · #16
Side: Northwest Side
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About Northwest Side
Bungalow belt neighbourhoods around Portage Park and Belmont Cragin.
Names you’ll hear here
- Old Irving Park
What stands out
- Highest home values on the Northwest Side (median $480K)
- Most likely to take transit to work on the Northwest Side (21% of commuters)
- Leafiest on the Northwest Side (19% tree canopy)
Living here
- Housing
- Higher housing cost. Median home $480K · renters pay $1,400/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 38 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mostly car. 72% drive · 21% transit · 4% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 49% rent
- Tree canopy
- 15–25%. 19% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 30% · Attached 2% · 2–19 units 59% · 20+ units 9%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 58% · 1940–79 26% · 1980–99 6% · 2000 or later 10%
- Ages
- Under 15 19% · 15–24 9% · 25–44 38% · 45–64 23% · 65+ 12%
- Language at home
- English only 59% · Spanish 28%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
- 6% 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, Irving Park. Tiers compare community areas across Chicago.