46fit
North Center
$2K median rent
Roscoe Village strollers and high home values. Quiet streets with a short hop to the river.
Family streetsWalk 3Safety 100
Chicago/Irving Park
39fit
Irving Park
Official community area: Irving Park
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · CPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Aug 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Bungalows, the Blue Line, and a calmer northwest. Less scene than Logan, more yard.
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Best in Chicago for familiesWalkable ChicagoUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
95
126 violent · 820 property · 17.8 per 1k (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)+45 vs city set
Schools
50
Rating 7.3 / 10 nearby+2 vs city set
Walk
0
OSM: 15 groceries · 5 cafes · 122 transit · 26 parks-21 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,406 ACS median vs your rent budget+1 vs city set
Vibe
0
OSM: 5 cafes · 46 restaurants · 20 bars · 26 parks-19 vs city set
Commute to work
From Irving Park, a typical weekday is 63 min to The Loop, 53 min to North Side, 46 min to West Loop. Not live traffic.
West Loop is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
The Loop
63 min
Offices, Grant Park · +26 min vs the city-set median
North Side
53 min
Lincoln Park, hospitals · +17 min vs the city-set median
West Loop
46 min
Fulton Market · +9 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $1,406 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 18% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($93K) could “afford” about $2,325 a month at 30% of pay.
49% of households rent. Median home value is $481,485.
ACS median rent
$1,406
30% income budget
$2,325
Rent / income
18%
Median home
$481,485
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Chicago city. Up 50% since 2014. Irving Park is 2% 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. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official community area: 15 groceries, 5 cafes, 26 parks, and 122 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 26 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (122 stops or stations).
5 cafes and 46 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Chicago set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 5 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
53,332
Median age
37
Median income
$93K
Renters
49%
Bachelor+
52%
Violent / 1k
2.4
Property / 1k
15.4
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 15 census tracts · CPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM 2026-08-31
Family streets
Crime is CPD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
Irving Park is bungalows, the Blue Line, and a calmer northwest. Less scene than Logan, more yard. Milwaukee Avenue still feeds you restaurants; the residential grid does not try to be a boulevard park.
You are on the way to O’Hare, which is useful and noisy at the edges. Weight cost and transit. Compare to Avondale if you want the next-stop energy, or to Lincoln Square if you want a plaza.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
Reported here lately
City 311 service requests in this official unit, last 14 days. This is what neighbors filed with the city — not a chat thread, and not part of the fit score.
379 reports
- Graffiti Removal68
- Yard Waste Pick-Up61
- Abandoned Vehicle54
- Pothole in Street52
- Rodent Baiting/Rat49
- No Building Permit and Construction Violation
- Inspect Public Way
- Finance Parking Code Enforcement Review
- Tree Debris Clean-Up
- No Building Permit and Construction Violation
City of Chicago 311, last 14 days, by official community area number. Method.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/chicago that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
No r/chicago posts in this snapshot mentioned Irving Park.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Irving Park safe?
Irving Park sits on the quieter side of this Chicago map (safety 95 vs city 50). CPD logged 2.4 violent and 15.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 17.8 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Irving Park?
ACS median rent is $1,406 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 49% of households rent. Median home value is $481,485. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Irving Park walkable?
Walk is 0 here vs 21 for the Chicago set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 15 groceries, 5 cafes, 122 transit stops, 26 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Irving Park good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 7.3 / 10. Median age is 37. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Irving Park?
63 typical weekday minutes to The Loop. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in Irving Park?
About 53,332 people. Median income $93K. 52% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Irving Park?
Avondale, Lincoln Square, Logan Square sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official community areas, start with Irving Park vs Avondale.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Irving Park vs AvondaleIrving Park vs Lincoln SquareIrving Park vs Logan Square
43fit
Lincoln Square
$2K median rent
Ravenswood porches and a German plaza. The family read of the North Side without giving up a Brown Line stop.
Family streetsWalk 5Safety 84
43fit
Logan Square
$2K median rent
The boulevard, the farmers market, and Bucktown on the eastern edge. North-west Chicago's walkable default.
NightlifePlannedWalk 22Safety 42
33fit
Avondale
$2K median rent
The next stop past Logan. Still industrial edges, still cheaper, still a Belmont bus.
PlannedWalk 3Safety 53
26fit
Humboldt Park
$1K median rent
The park is enormous; the streets around it are still working-class. Safety scores tell you to weight it honestly.
Walk 4Safety 32