Best Chicago neighborhoods for families

Roscoe Village strollers and high home values. Quiet streets with a short hop to the river.

Zoo, zoo-adjacent rents, and DePaul. The park is the brand; the side streets are the product.

Ravenswood porches and a German plaza. The family read of the North Side without giving up a Brown Line stop.

Wrigley, Broadway, and the lakefront path. Nightlife is the tax; the Red Line is the amenity.

Andersonville's Clark Street sits inside this community area. Beach to the east, bakeries to the west.

Bungalows, the Blue Line, and a calmer northwest. Less scene than Logan, more yard.

Sox territory, bungalows, and a Chinatown-adjacent grid. South Side without a lakefront premium.

South Loop towers facing the museum campus. Newer, rental-heavy, and a walk to the lake that skips Mag Mile.

The boulevard, the farmers market, and Bucktown on the eastern edge. North-west Chicago's walkable default.

River North restaurants, Gold Coast towers, Streeterville walks to the lake. Official name is the community area — search the nicknames.