Chicago is officially divided into 77 community areas, numbered 1 to 77. They’re the City’s stable map for planning and data, and they’re how this guide is organized: one page per community area, covering housing, transit, parks, libraries and the public schools inside its lines.
The neighborhood names people actually use (Wrigleyville, Bucktown, Andersonville) are a separate, longer and much more argued-about list. Each guide notes which of those names fall inside it. For the backstory, read 77 Community Areas, 200-Plus Neighborhoods, and the Border Wars In Between.
We’re adding guides a few at a time. Community areas without a link yet are on the way.
The 77 community areas
- 1. Rogers Park
- 2. West Ridge
- 3. Uptown
- 4. Lincoln Square
- 5. North Center
- 6. Lake View
- 7. Lincoln Park
- 8. Near North Side
- 9. Edison Park
- 10. Norwood Park
- 11. Jefferson Park
- 12. Forest Glen
- 13. North Park
- 14. Albany Park
- 15. Portage Park
- 16. Irving Park
- 17. Dunning
- 18. Montclare
- 19. Belmont Cragin
- 20. Hermosa
- 21. Avondale
- 22. Logan Square
- 23. Humboldt Park
- 24. West Town
- 25. Austin
- 26. West Garfield Park
- 27. East Garfield Park
- 28. Near West Side
- 29. North Lawndale
- 30. South Lawndale
- 31. Lower West Side
- 32. Loop
- 33. Near South Side
- 34. Armour Square
- 35. Douglas
- 36. Oakland
- 37. Fuller Park
- 38. Grand Boulevard
- 39. Kenwood
- 40. Washington Park
- 41. Hyde Park
- 42. Woodlawn
- 43. South Shore
- 44. Chatham
- 45. Avalon Park
- 46. South Chicago
- 47. Burnside
- 48. Calumet Heights
- 49. Roseland
- 50. Pullman
- 51. South Deering
- 52. East Side
- 53. West Pullman
- 54. Riverdale
- 55. Hegewisch
- 56. Garfield Ridge
- 57. Archer Heights
- 58. Brighton Park
- 59. McKinley Park
- 60. Bridgeport
- 61. New City
- 62. West Elsdon
- 63. Gage Park
- 64. Clearing
- 65. West Lawn
- 66. Chicago Lawn
- 67. West Englewood
- 68. Englewood
- 69. Greater Grand Crossing
- 70. Ashburn
- 71. Auburn Gresham
- 72. Beverly
- 73. Washington Heights
- 74. Mount Greenwood
- 75. Morgan Park
- 76. O’Hare
- 77. Edgewater