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Chicago by the numbers
- Median rent
- $1,380/mo
- US: $1,348/mo
- Rent plus utilities
- Median home value
- $315,200
- US: $303,400
- Owner-occupied homes
- Median household income
- $75,134/yr
- US: $78,538/yr
- Homes that are rented
- 54%
- US: 35%
- Median age
- 36
- US: 39
- Typical home built
- 1952
- US: 1980
- Median year built
- Take transit to work
- 19%
- US: 4%
- Walk to work
- 6%
- US: 2%
- Work from home
- 18%
- US: 13%
- Population
- 2,707,648
- US: 332,387,540
For Chicago city, Illinois. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2019–2023). Figures are estimates for the whole city, not any one home or Homage.