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Chicago is the 4th most walkable large city in the US with 2,695,598 residents.

Chicago has good public transportation and is very bikeable.

The most walkable Chicago neighborhoods are East Ukrainian Village, Wicker Park and Near North Side.

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Chicago is Very Walkable

Most errands can be accomplished on foot.

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Most errands can be accomplished on foot in Chicago.

Chicago is the 4th most walkable large city in the US with a Walk Score of 77.

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Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	East Ukrainian Village	98	76	96	7,233
2	Wicker Park	96	76	96	8,833
3	Near North Side	96	90	86	85,347
4	Ukrainian Village	95	70	95	6,002
5	The Loop	95	99	82	14,709
6	Grant Park	95	100	82	1,158
7	Noble Square	94	76	96	8,494
8	Lincoln Park	94	79	92	26,167
9	Fulton River District	94	96	87	4,427
10	Bucktown	93	73	94	17,318
11	South Loop	93	92	90	35,008
12	Ravenswood	93	69	87	35,239
13	Uptown	93	79	92	48,579
14	Edgewater	91	73	84	56,505
15	Logan Square	91	68	93	92,596
16	Albany Park	90	63	76	57,227
17	North Center	90	67	87	17,134
18	Roscoe Village	89	66	86	14,401
19	Armour Square	89	75	85	12,718
20	Rogers Park	89	74	85	55,247
21	River West	88	80	92	1,298
22	East Hyde Park	87	64	96	11,204
23	Avondale	87	68	80	17,980
24	Hyde Park	87	64	91	18,584
25	Goose Island	87	80	87	3,790
26	Humboldt Park	85	67	82	39,790
27	East Humboldt Park	85	67	82	39,790
28	Lincoln Square	85	60	73	14,134
29	Belmont Gardens	84	59	68	17,392
30	Kilbourn Park	84	63	68	7,047
31	Cragin	84	58	66	42,978
32	Near West Side	84	81	90	17,235
33	Belmont Central	83	58	67	31,071
34	Hermosa	83	59	73	20,888
35	West Ridge	83	56	73	71,939
36	The Villa	82	72	61	598
37	Bridgeport	82	61	83	32,884
38	Tri-taylor	81	73	90	3,341
39	Mayfair	80	65	75	7,468
40	Archer Heights	78	57	57	15,593
41	Portage Park	78	59	63	43,601
42	North Mayfair	77	59	71	6,882
43	Old Irving Park	77	69	67	11,558
44	Chatham	77	67	56	25,742
45	Montclare	77	56	69	16,143
46	Marynook	76	58	55	2,461
47	McKinley Park	76	64	64	14,484
48	Jefferson Park	76	64	73	44,147
49	Illinois Medical District	76	74	90	833
50	Kenwood	76	64	84	6,207
51	Gage Park	75	60	66	39,517
52	West Humboldt Park	75	62	62	13,598
53	Stony Island Park	75	59	70	3,601
54	Edison Park	75	46	63	10,972
55	Brighton Park	75	60	61	46,284
56	Galewood	74	56	64	14,803
57	West Elsdon	74	61	66	18,156
58	West Morgan Park	73	40	54	2,545
59	Belmont Heights	73	53	59	12,912
60	Schorsch Village	72	54	64	7,287
61	West Garfield Park	71	70	63	14,189
62	Austin	71	65	61	80,920
63	North Park	71	55	74	17,672
64	Back of the Yards	71	61	61	47,169
65	Park Manor	70	73	65	16,563
66	Bronzeville	70	67	75	54,188
67	West Lawn	69	56	56	35,434
68	Grand Crossing	69	66	61	11,044
69	Brainerd	68	64	57	12,894
70	West Chatham	67	72	60	3,818
71	East Garfield Park	67	73	82	23,705
72	Beverly	67	50	63	20,245
73	Beverly Woods	65	46	53	1,136
74	Woodlawn	65	72	71	14,253
75	South Chicago	64	63	64	30,820
76	Norwood Park	64	50	63	35,948
77	Scottsdale	64	55	56	14,173
78	Belmont Terrace	64	51	58	2,554
79	Kennedy Park	64	43	54	1,874
80	Edgebrook	64	41	62	4,628
81	Roseland	63	62	64	28,719
82	South Shore	63	68	63	46,254
83	Morgan Park	63	50	62	16,994
84	West Woodlawn	62	72	74	8,107
85	Englewood	62	65	63	49,557
86	Clearing	62	41	58	19,136
87	Wildwood	62	41	53	4,060
88	Calumet Heights	62	58	57	13,790
89	Marquette Park	62	57	59	32,328
90	Garfield Ridge	62	45	55	36,247
91	East Side	60	39	64	22,945
92	West Englewood	60	63	68	25,522
93	Schorsch Forest View	59	34	44	2,215
94	Sauganash	59	41	65	6,525
95	Washington Park	59	73	66	11,328
96	Longwood Manor	58	68	53	6,407
97	Ashburn	57	55	50	16,334
98	Mount Greenwood	56	43	57	17,508
99	West Chesterfield	53	79	49	4,125
100	Ford City	52	61	49	861
101	Fernwood	52	58	48	9,984
102	Irving Woods	52	48	50	4,355
103	Burnside	51	66	48	9,931
104	Hegewisch	51	34	56	9,511
105	West Pullman	49	54	57	29,655
106	Tally's Corner	45	45	46	1,584
107	South Deering	45	52	45	14,340
108	Pullman	44	62	49	7,284
109	Princeton Park	43	82	43	3,364

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Average Home Features

According to HomeAdvisor Data, these characteristics make up the average home in Chicago

Average square footage 2000

Homeowners have 3.2 bedrooms

Homeowners have 2.2 bathrooms

Age of home 44 years

Average time living in home 13 years

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Chicago has Good Transit

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Public Transit Routes

Chicago has good public transportation and about 145 bus, 1 rail and 6 subway lines.

Transit Time

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Chicago is Very Bikeable

Biking is convenient for most trips.

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Belmont & Broadway

Marine Drive & Buena

Broadway & Buena

Sluggers World Class Sports Bar and Grill & Dueling Pianos

Jam 'n Honey

California & Le Moyne

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Paul Taneja
on Damen & Milwaukee/North Ave (Blue Line)

79th Street & Kimbark

Diversey & Paulina

La Rabida Hospital

thumbnail for Belmont & Broadway Brightly colored bike racks line the streets of this neighborhood.

Terri Buseman
on Belmont & Broadway

La Rabida Hospital

Sheridan & Thorndale

Cermak & Wentworth (Red Line)

thumbnail for Marine Drive & Buena #buenapark just on the other side of lakeshore drive this little park is the perfect place to relax. Fountains and well manicured gardens.

Kyle Wood
on Marine Drive & Buena

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Living in Chicago

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