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Edgewater vs Rogers Park
Edgewater and Rogers Park are two official community areas in Chicago. Edgewater is the calmer Part I map (79 vs 74). Walk is a wash (6 vs 5). Rogers Park has the lower ACS median ($1,351).
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · CPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Aug 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Scores
Fit axes among official Chicago community areas.
| Axis | Edgewater | Rogers Park |
|---|---|---|
| Safety | 79 | 74 |
| Schools | 57 | 33 |
| Walk | 6 | 5 |
| Cost fit | 100 | 100 |
| Vibe | 6 | 4 |
| Median rent | $1,417 | $1,351 |
| Median home | $353,190 | $287,084 |
| Population | 56,563 | 49,628 |
| Commute to The Loop | 44 min | 52 min |
| Commute to North Side | 29 min | 36 min |
| Commute to West Loop | 55 min | 61 min |
Living numbers
Who rents, how old, how much crime, how many shops — beside the scores.
| Fact | Edgewater | Rogers Park |
|---|---|---|
| Renters | 63% | 71% |
| Median age | 39.2 | 37.8 |
| Median income | $74K | $64K |
| Part I per 1k | 22.0 | 27.3 |
| Groceries / 800m | 21 | 21 |
| Transit stops / 800m | 130 | 123 |
| Parks / 800m | 70 | 77 |
| 311 last 14 days | 267 | 291 |
Rent
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Chicago city. Up 50% since 2014. Edge is 2% below the 2024 city median. Rogers is 6% below the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. Dashed marks are each area’s ACS 2024 median.
Which to pick
The same numbers as the table, in sentences. Nobody wins the city.
Pick Edgewater if the school rating nearby is the point and you want the quieter, family-leaning read. Schools score 57 vs 33. Edgewater is tagged family on this map; Rogers Park is not. 44 vs 52 minutes to The Loop. Read both pages before you decide.
Pick Rogers Park if you already want this pocket more than the table. Edgewater leads the numbered axes on this page.
Edgewater
Andersonville's Clark Street sits inside this community area. Beach to the east, bakeries to the west.
$1,417 median rent · safety 79 · walk 6
Rogers Park
The city's far-north beach and a mix of students, immigrants, and long leases. Quieter than Edgewater, cheaper than Lake View.
$1,351 median rent · safety 74 · walk 5
Common questions
Same pair, said in questions. The numbers are in the tables.
Which is cheaper, Edgewater or Rogers Park?
Rogers Park is the lower ACS median: $1,417 vs $1,351. About 71% rent in Rogers Park vs 63% in Edgewater. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Edgewater more walkable than Rogers Park?
Walk is basically a tie (6 vs 5). Count groceries if you care: 21 in Edgewater vs 21 in Rogers Park, inside 800 meters.
Which is safer on this map, Edgewater or Rogers Park?
Edgewater is the calmer Part I read (79 vs 74). Combined rate 22.0 vs 27.3 per 1,000. Visitors count in those numbers.
Which scores higher for families, Edgewater or Rogers Park?
Edgewater leads the school axis (57 vs 33). Nearby rating is 7.5 / 10 vs 6.8 / 10. Median age 39.2 vs 37.8. Rogers Park has more of the night. Neither number is a school assignment.
Which has the shorter commute to The Loop?
44 minutes from Edgewater to The Loop, 52 from Rogers Park. Edgewater is the shorter weekday. Not this hour's traffic.
If you drop both
Closest official community area that is not Edgewater or Rogers Park: Uptown. Argyle, the Uptown Theatre, and a lakefront that never quite gentrified all the way. Density without Lake View prices.
Scores are relative among official Chicago community areas with the same editorial weights. Read the method.