Comparing the racial diversity of the journalists
at America's daily newspapers
with the communities that they serve
Newsroom diversity report for
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Illinois
Owner: Tribune Co. (Ill.)
From a report for the Knight Foundation
by Bill Dedman and Stephen K. Doig, June 2005
Click here to read the national report or to select another newspaper
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff
2005 17.7
2004 16.2
2003 15.7
2002 15.0
2001 14.8
2000 14.9
1999 15.7
1998 16.4
1997 14.7
1996 14.5
1995 14.9
1994 15.0
1993 14.9
1992 15.7
1991 12.9
1990 Did not report
The latest year at peak is 2005
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Newsroom Diversity Index
for Chicago Tribune
Year Non-white % of newsroom staff Non-white % of circulation area Newsroom Diversity Index (parity=100)
2005 17.7 28.5 62
2004 16.2 28.5 57
How the index is calculated
The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff
divided by the non-white percentage of residents in the circulation area.
(Parity = 100.)
Company index
This newspaper's owner, Tribune Co. (Ill.),
has a companywide, circulation-weighted Diversity Index of 55.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Peer group comparison
for Chicago Tribune
This newspaper's Newsroom Diversity Index is 62. This paper
Peer group
Compare that with 46, which is the median Diversity Index for all newspapers
reporting in this circulation category of more than 500,000 daily sales.
In that group, this newspaper's Diversity Index ranks 1 out of 10
newspapers reporting in the category of more than 500,000 daily sales.
FYI, in circulation, this newspaper's average weekday circulation of
approximately 600,988 ranks 8 out of 1,410 daily newspapers in the US.
See the notes and definitions section below for the sources of these figures.
Details on race/ethnicity
in the circulation area
and the home county
of Chicago Tribune
Circulation area
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 11.7 722,504
Black 9.2 570,368
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8 358,475
Native-American 0.1 7,807
Other non-white 0.1 8,191
Multi-racial 1.5 92,384
  Non-white 28.5 1,759,729
White 71.5 4,412,027
Total 6,171,756
Home county:  Cook
Race/ethnicity % of population Number of residents
Hispanic 19.9 1,071,740
Black 25.9 1,390,448
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.8 259,386
Native-American 0.1 6,754
Other non-white 0.1 7,291
Multi-racial 1.5 82,413
  Non-white 52.4 2,818,032
White 47.6 2,558,709
Total 5,376,741
The home county of this newspaper is Cook.
About this report
This third annual report for the Knight Foundation adds context to an annual survey by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. ASNE has set a goal that
every newspaper, to help it know its community and gather the news, should employ at least one non-white journalist, and that newspapers should strive to
employ non-whites in proportion to their share of the community. ASNE's report, at www.asne.org, shows each newspaper's non-white employment, but does
not disclose how closely that employment mirrors the newspaper's circulation area.
That gap is filled by the report you are reading now. This report was not done by ASNE, but was done for the Knight Foundation by Bill Dedman and 
Stephen K. Doig. It shows how close each newspaper is to ASNE's goal, by comparing the newsroom staffing with the circulation area population.
The full report is at www.powerreporting.com/knight.
Notes and definitions
  1. The Newsroom Diversity Index is the non-white percentage of the newsroom staff divided by the non-white percentage of the circulation area's residents. Parity = 100.
  2. Source for staffing: Survey by American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 2005. Newspapers report non-white staff as of the end of the previous year.
  3. Following ASNE's definition, newsroom staff includes only supervisors, reporters, editors, copy/layout editors and photographers.
  4. Also following ASNE's definition, "whites," "blacks," etc., exclude Hispanics, who are counted in a separate category.
  5. Source for boundaries of this newspaper's circulation area: ZIP Code circulation data, Audit Bureau of Circulations, latest available. 
  6. A paper may define its circulation area differently for marketing efforts, or news coverage, or to set advertising rates.
  7. If ZIP Codes or counties are used, this report applies a threshold: 10 percent household penetration is required to include an area in the circulation area.
  8. Source for the demographics of residents of that circulation area: US Census 2000.
  9. Source for total circulation: Editor & Publisher magazine, Monday-Friday average at year-end 2004.
 10. Staff of non-English publications, such as the Miami Herald's El Nuevo Herald, are excluded from the ASNE staffing survey for the first time this year.
      
Demographics of ZIP Codes
where sales were reported by
Chicago Tribune
Note that some ZIP Codes listed here may not have been included in determining the newspaper's circulation area. In calculating the Diversity Index, a
ZIP Code was included only if the household penetration was at least 10 percent. Any lower-penetration ZIP Codes are also listed here for your information.
Also, if the newspaper reported more than 300 ZIP Codes, only the top 300 in weekday sales are listed here.
ZIP / City / State / Approx. distance in miles from the newspaper's home office Weekday sales Households Penetration % (daily sales per 100 households) Median household income Non-white
% of
population
Hispanic
% of
population
Black
% of
population
Native
% of
population
Asian
% of
population
60610 / Chicago / IL / 1 mi. 10,796 28,638 37.7 $51,294 36.8 3.9 26.9 0.1 4.4
60614 / Chicago / IL / 2.5 mi. 8,733 36,510 23.9 $68,324 14.9 5.4 4.0 0.1 3.8
60657 / Chicago / IL / 3.7 mi. 8,208 39,846 20.6 $55,647 18.1 7.9 3.3 0.1 5.1
60611 / Chicago / IL / 0 mi. 8,082 17,532 46.1 $69,889 19.9 3.6 5.1 0.1 9.4
60187 / Wheaton / IL / 25.7 mi. 7,793 21,537 36.2 $75,242 11.5 3.3 2.4 0.1 4.7
60062 / Northbrook / IL / 19.6 mi. 7,637 15,028 50.8 $89,164 14.5 2.2 0.7 0.0 10.5
60025 / Glenview / IL / 16.5 mi. 7,509 18,618 40.3 $73,723 18.8 4.7 1.6 0.1 11.2
60606 / Chicago / IL / 1.3 mi. 7,326 1,036 707.1 $100,377 31.1 7.7 5.7 0.0 16.9
60126 / Elmhurst / IL / 16.5 mi. 6,335 16,538 38.3 $69,268 9.8 4.1 0.9 0.0 3.8
60201 / Evanston / IL / 11.9 mi. 5,865 15,924 36.8 $57,393 32.7 4.3 17.9 0.1 7.8
60068 / Park Ridge / IL / 14.1 mi. 5,798 14,181 40.9 $73,172 6.5 2.9 0.2 0.1 2.7
60035 / Highland Park / IL / 22.1 mi. 5,791 11,186 51.8 $104,200 9.1 4.9 1.3 0.0 2.2
60540 / Naperville / IL / 28.6 mi. 5,672 14,797 38.3 $87,514 15.2 3.5 1.9 0.1 8.5
60010 / Barrington / IL / 33.1 mi. 5,500 14,029 39.2 $110,470 8.0 2.0 0.6 0.1 4.6
60148 / Lombard / IL / 20.5 mi. 5,387 19,396 27.8 $60,378 16.5 5.1 3.0 0.1 6.8
60091 / Wilmette / IL / 13.8 mi. 5,305 9,878 53.7 $107,767 12.0 2.1 0.6 0.0 8.1
60067 / Palatine / IL / 26.9 mi. 5,296 19,851 26.7 $74,764 12.3 4.4 1.0 0.1 5.7
60565 / Naperville / IL / 28.1 mi. 5,237 12,762 41.0 $97,807 15.9 2.4 2.3 0.1 10.0
60634 / Chicago / IL / 11.2 mi. 5,162 26,276 19.6 $50,042 26.2 19.6 0.6 0.1 3.8
60453 / Oak Lawn / IL / 14.3 mi. 5,159 21,948 23.5 $47,529 9.9 5.3 1.2 0.1 1.7
60004 / Arlington Heights / IL / 23.8 mi. 5,023 20,330 24.7 $71,512 13.2 5.8 1.1 0.0 5.3
60613 / Chicago / IL / 4.6 mi. 5,021 29,268 17.2 $48,381 29.7 13.0 8.4 0.2 5.7
60605 / Chicago / IL / 1.7 mi. 5,017 6,638 75.6 $56,151 46.8 4.8 31.5 0.2 7.8
60137 / Glen Ellyn / IL / 23 mi. 5,009 13,991 35.8 $74,335 12.2 4.5 2.1 0.1 4.2
60015 / Deerfield / IL / 23.3 mi. 4,985 9,441 52.8 $101,814 7.7 2.3 0.7 0.0 3.8
60504 / Aurora / IL / 33.7 mi. 4,839 15,941 30.4 $76,185 23.6 7.4 7.4 0.1 6.8
60618 / Chicago / IL / 5.6 mi. 4,721 34,989 13.5 $41,355 60.2 49.1 2.6 0.3 5.0
60089 / Buffalo Grove / IL / 25.9 mi. 4,644 15,235 30.5 $81,324 13.2 3.4 0.7 0.0 8.0
60525 / La Grange / IL / 15.2 mi. 4,582 12,719 36.0 $62,895 12.4 6.8 3.5 0.1 1.2
60640 / Chicago / IL / 5.7 mi. 4,457 35,237 12.6 $32,466 57.4 21.3 19.0 0.4 13.4
60056 / Mount Prospect / IL / 20.1 mi. 4,396 21,638 20.3 $57,659 26.2 11.7 1.8 0.1 11.3
60477 / Tinley Park / IL / 24.3 mi. 4,358 20,198 21.6 $62,000 10.3 4.4 2.3 0.1 2.4
60302 / Oak Park / IL / 8.8 mi. 4,210 14,896 28.3 $57,132 33.3 4.0 22.8 0.1 3.9
60515 / Downers Grove / IL / 21.6 mi. 4,183 11,155 37.5 $61,179 8.2 3.0 1.3 0.1 3.1
60045 / Lake Forest / IL / 26.9 mi. 4,175 7,398 56.4 $138,525 8.0 2.1 1.3 0.0 3.7
60544 / Plainfield / IL / 37.3 mi. 4,147 15,007 27.6 $70,417 11.3 6.2 2.1 0.1 1.9
60048 / Libertyville / IL / 32.3 mi. 4,083 9,793 41.7 $94,334 9.6 2.7 1.1 0.1 4.7
60638 / Chicago / IL / 10.7 mi. 4,071 20,761 19.6 $45,173 25.4 15.5 7.9 0.1 0.7
60462 / Orland Park / IL / 22.8 mi. 4,030 14,338 28.1 $65,103 9.5 4.0 0.6 0.1 3.6
60521 / Hinsdale / IL / 17.2 mi. 4,021 13,061 30.8 $91,727 15.6 3.2 3.1 0.0 8.1
60093 / Winnetka / IL / 16.1 mi. 3,987 6,939 57.5 $127,809 8.3 3.8 0.4 0.1 3.3
60016 / Des Plaines / IL / 17.6 mi. 3,942 23,019 17.1 $51,192 31.9 10.5 2.6 0.1 16.5
60047 / Lake Zurich / IL / 30.6 mi. 3,909 11,879 32.9 $100,938 9.8 4.0 0.8 0.1 4.2
60646 / Chicago / IL / 10.3 mi. 3,863 11,041 35.0 $58,232 14.8 6.6 0.3 0.1 6.3
60564 / Naperville / IL / 32.4 mi. 3,862 9,563 40.4 $107,617 16.2 3.0 3.6 0.1 8.3
60402 / Berwyn / IL / 9.8 mi. 3,836 22,225 17.3 $43,828 40.8 35.6 1.0 0.2 2.4
60563 / Naperville / IL / 28.9 mi. 3,834 12,962 29.6 $66,592 20.2 4.1 4.4 0.1 10.2
60516 / Downers Grove / IL / 22.1 mi. 3,749 11,177 33.5 $73,687 16.1 4.3 2.4 0.1 8.1
60630 / Chicago / IL / 8.7 mi. 3,728 21,527 17.3 $47,905 27.1 16.4 0.5 0.2 7.4
60031 / Gurnee / IL / 37.2 mi. 3,613 13,813 26.2 $71,993 21.2 6.3 5.4 0.2 7.3
60625 / Chicago / IL / 6.9 mi. 3,598 30,653 11.7 $40,083 63.0 37.6 3.5 0.2 17.1
60631 / Chicago / IL / 12.1 mi. 3,502 11,952 29.3 $55,316 9.3 5.2 1.0 0.1 2.2
60076 / Skokie / IL / 11.3 mi. 3,432 11,839 29.0 $62,932 36.2 5.9 4.6 0.1 22.2
60014 / Crystal Lake / IL / 42.7 mi. 3,382 15,125 22.4 $69,395 10.4 7.1 0.5 0.1 1.7
60202 / Evanston / IL / 10.1 mi. 3,316 13,704 24.2 $55,659 43.6 8.4 27.7 0.2 3.9
60005 / Arlington Heights / IL / 22.5 mi. 3,289 12,522 26.3 $56,877 17.0 7.2 1.4 0.1 7.3
60643 / Chicago / IL / 14.2 mi. 3,253 17,525 18.6 $51,305 80.2 1.8 76.7 0.1 0.3
60622 / Chicago / IL / 2.8 mi. 3,183 31,012 10.3 $38,487 60.0 45.2 10.2 0.2 1.8
60601 / Chicago / IL / 0.6 mi. 3,174 3,501 90.7 $77,374 28.9 5.6 11.1 0.4 10.3
60656 / Chicago / IL / 11.7 mi. 3,171 12,091 26.2 $47,512 15.0 6.6 1.1 0.1 5.6
60615 / Chicago / IL / 6.5 mi. 3,159 21,341 14.8 $31,571 78.2 2.9 67.0 0.1 5.8
60641 / Chicago / IL / 7.5 mi. 3,157 25,403 12.4 $42,182 46.9 38.8 1.1 0.2 3.9
60188 / Carol Stream / IL / 26.4 mi. 3,151 14,813 21.3 $65,766 26.3 9.7 4.0 0.1 10.9
60030 / Grayslake / IL / 37.4 mi. 3,139 11,537 27.2 $71,331 10.7 4.7 1.3 0.1 3.5
60532 / Lisle / IL / 24.9 mi. 3,091 11,406 27.1 $62,145 19.1 5.2 3.3 0.2 9.2
60660 / Chicago / IL / 7.1 mi. 3,079 22,257 13.8 $34,293 54.9 20.8 17.5 0.3 12.5
60561 / Darien / IL / 20.9 mi. 3,074 8,961 34.3 $74,949 18.1 3.6 1.8 0.1 11.4
60645 / Chicago / IL / 8.8 mi. 3,047 16,136 18.9 $41,438 47.5 16.3 10.5 0.2 15.6
60714 / Niles / IL / 13.6 mi. 3,029 12,324 24.6 $48,542 20.2 5.0 0.5 0.0 12.9
60077 / Skokie / IL / 12 mi. 3,006 10,081 29.8 $48,460 33.2 5.7 2.7 0.1 22.3
60655 / Chicago / IL / 14.5 mi. 2,991 10,774 27.8 $59,849 10.4 3.6 5.2 0.1 0.5
60174 / Saint Charles / IL / 34.5 mi. 2,950 11,583 25.5 $67,608 10.2 5.8 2.0 0.1 1.7
60441 / Lockport / IL / 30 mi. 2,913 15,166 19.2 $65,322 14.6 4.9 7.7 0.1 1.1
60616 / Chicago / IL / 3.3 mi. 2,869 19,279 14.9 $30,625 78.3 9.1 38.3 0.2 29.2
60647 / Chicago / IL / 4.7 mi. 2,860 33,406 8.6 $35,283 76.9 67.7 5.9 0.2 1.3
60046 / Lake Villa / IL / 42.4 mi. 2,840 10,347 27.4 $69,276 9.2 3.7 1.8 0.2 2.2
60060 / Mundelein / IL / 33.4 mi. 2,820 11,896 23.7 $70,726 31.3 22.6 1.5 0.1 6.1
60050 / McHenry / IL / 46.6 mi. 2,798 17,164 16.3 $59,121 7.0 5.2 0.3 0.2 0.7
60506 / Aurora / IL / 40.1 mi. 2,796 17,654 15.8 $50,743 39.7 23.7 13.0 0.1 1.3
60123 / Elgin / IL / 39.7 mi. 2,779 19,274 14.4 $57,928 30.1 19.9 5.6 0.1 3.0
60517 / Woodridge / IL / 24.2 mi. 2,730 11,607 23.5 $61,769 29.6 9.2 7.9 0.1 10.9
60440 / Bolingbrook / IL / 27.3 mi. 2,713 14,503 18.7 $64,244 43.9 14.3 21.1 0.1 5.9
60193 / Schaumburg / IL / 25.7 mi. 2,705 16,475 16.4 $61,097 17.1 4.7 2.0 0.1 9.0
60181 / Villa Park / IL / 18.4 mi. 2,689 11,066 24.3 $54,517 24.6 14.6 2.8 0.1 5.7
60626 / Chicago / IL / 8.3 mi. 2,675 24,146 11.1 $31,318 67.7 27.0 28.5 0.3 7.8
60617 / Chicago / IL / 12.8 mi. 2,644 31,600 8.4 $35,534 89.7 34.3 54.0 0.2 0.2
60018 / Des Plaines / IL / 16.1 mi. 2,635 10,533 25.0 $48,945 33.9 24.1 0.9 0.1 7.4
60007 / Elk Grove Village / IL / 21.1 mi. 2,631 13,452 19.6 $62,271 17.5 6.3 1.4 0.1 8.6
60637 / Chicago / IL / 7.9 mi. 2,610 21,702 12.0 $23,228 87.9 1.3 81.8 0.1 3.2
60134 / Geneva / IL / 37.1 mi. 2,604 7,233 36.0 $80,542 6.2 3.0 1.3 0.0 1.3
60619 / Chicago / IL / 10.4 mi. 2,584 29,870 8.7 $33,631 99.5 0.7 97.7 0.1 0.1
60629 / Chicago / IL / 9.6 mi. 2,578 32,389 8.0 $40,279 76.7 48.6 25.6 0.1 0.7
60523 / Oak Brook / IL / 18.2 mi. 2,570 3,911 65.7 $109,942 22.8 2.4 1.2 0.0 17.9
60053 / Morton Grove / IL / 13.4 mi. 2,568 7,897 32.5 $65,466 29.2 4.5 0.5 0.1 22.4
60628 / Chicago / IL / 14.1 mi. 2,564 27,023 9.5 $38,210 98.5 3.1 94.4 0.1 0.1
60194 / Schaumburg / IL / 28.3 mi. 2,537 15,551 16.3 $59,660 33.5 11.0 4.6 0.1 15.8
60510 / Batavia / IL / 37.5 mi. 2,510 9,414 26.7 $70,225 9.6 5.1 2.2 0.1 1.4
60559 / Westmont / IL / 19.6 mi. 2,470 10,393 23.8 $53,438 25.8 7.0 5.1 0.1 12.0
60620 / Chicago / IL / 10.9 mi. 2,461 28,499 8.6 $36,334 96.9 0.8 95.2 0.1 0.1
60103 / Bartlett / IL / 30.3 mi. 2,411 23,463 10.3 $70,938 31.3 16.0 3.9 0.1 9.7
60558 / Western Springs / IL / 15.7 mi. 2,357 4,334 54.4 $98,806 3.0 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.7
60154 / Westchester / IL / 14 mi. 2,353 6,968 33.8 $59,105 17.3 5.6 7.3 0.0 3.4
60467 / Orland Park / IL / 22.1 mi. 2,351 6,856 34.3 $81,896 7.1 2.8 0.8 0.0 2.7
60632 / Chicago / IL / 7.5 mi. 2,316 24,566 9.4 $37,406 74.7 70.4 0.9 0.1 1.9
60604 / Chicago / IL / 1.2 mi. 2,244 33 6800.0 $31,250 70.5 21.8 14.1 0.0 34.6
60061 / Vernon Hills / IL / 28.8 mi. 2,234 7,560 29.6 $71,354 22.0 7.4 1.7 0.1 11.4
60090 / Wheeling / IL / 22.5 mi. 2,215 14,249 15.5 $54,892 33.9 20.8 2.4 0.1 9.3
60463 / Palos Heights / IL / 18.4 mi. 2,208 4,883 45.2 $68,136 4.5 1.6 0.4 0.1 1.7
60101 / Addison / IL / 20.3 mi. 2,189 12,395 17.7 $54,495 38.9 27.6 2.4 0.1 7.7
60430 / Homewood / IL / 23.2 mi. 2,188 8,136 26.9 $58,155 25.4 3.1 19.2 0.1 1.6
60435 / Joliet / IL / 35.8 mi. 2,181 21,196 10.3 $44,910 23.6 11.6 9.1 0.2 1.4
60804 / Cicero / IL / 8 mi. 2,142 23,128 9.3 $38,044 80.5 77.5 0.8 0.2 0.9
60423 / Frankfort / IL / 31.1 mi. 2,129 7,369 28.9 $74,783 7.3 3.1 1.7 0.1 1.8
60304 / Oak Park / IL / 8.9 mi. 2,126 6,881 30.9 $61,982 34.5 5.4 21.6 0.2 4.1
60305 / River Forest / IL / 10.3 mi. 2,086 4,092 51.0 $89,284 13.3 4.0 4.8 0.1 3.2
60195 / Schaumburg / IL / 28 mi. 2,082 10,876 19.1 $67,761 27.9 7.2 4.5 0.1 14.5
60546 / Riverside / IL / 11.2 mi. 2,072 6,526 31.7 $55,287 11.0 6.7 1.4 0.1 2.0
60102 / Algonquin / IL / 39.1 mi. 2,045 16,048 12.7 $75,542 10.0 5.1 1.1 0.1 2.7
60411 / Chicago Heights / IL / 26.9 mi. 2,033 20,232 10.0 $40,626 56.8 17.1 37.5 0.2 0.6
60526 / La Grange Park / IL / 13.6 mi. 1,983 5,435 36.5 $59,124 9.3 3.6 3.0 0.1 1.7
60451 / New Lenox / IL / 32.2 mi. 1,975 8,861 22.3 $70,698 4.5 3.1 0.3 0.1 0.4
60108 / Bloomingdale / IL / 24.4 mi. 1,918 8,296 23.1 $67,323 17.7 4.9 2.6 0.1 8.9
60439 / Lemont / IL / 23.9 mi. 1,915 6,602 29.0 $76,857 4.9 2.9 0.3 0.1 1.0
60175 / Saint Charles / IL / 39.8 mi. 1,897 5,479 34.6 $105,858 4.3 1.6 0.7 0.1 1.4
60659 / Chicago / IL / 8 mi. 1,892 12,755 14.8 $45,064 54.5 16.2 5.0 0.2 27.3
46383 / Valparaiso / IN / 41.8 mi. 1,889 13,702 13.8 $50,478 6.6 3.1 1.2 0.2 1.2
60514 / Clarendon Hills / IL / 18.7 mi. 1,873 7,669 24.4 $61,747 12.9 3.9 2.1 0.0 5.6
60172 / Roselle / IL / 25.1 mi. 1,863 9,212 20.2 $65,130 14.6 5.2 1.5 0.2 6.7
60652 / Chicago / IL / 11.3 mi. 1,851 12,865 14.4 $53,120 62.4 17.2 41.7 0.1 1.1
60013 / Cary / IL / 38.8 mi. 1,849 7,830 23.6 $74,560 7.4 5.2 0.3 0.1 1.1
60085 / Waukegan / IL / 34.5 mi. 1,837 23,020 8.0 $39,276 73.7 48.9 18.9 0.2 3.8
60185 / West Chicago / IL / 30.6 mi. 1,831 9,504 19.3 $66,953 42.1 37.8 1.3 0.1 1.9
60098 / Woodstock / IL / 52.3 mi. 1,772 9,795 18.1 $52,846 18.2 14.8 0.7 0.2 1.6
60002 / Antioch / IL / 45.7 mi. 1,766 7,380 23.9 $58,578 5.5 3.0 0.7 0.3 0.7
60805 / Evergreen Park / IL / 12.7 mi. 1,766 7,471 23.6 $53,514 14.1 4.0 7.8 0.1 1.2
60452 / Oak Forest / IL / 21.1 mi. 1,760 9,739 18.1 $60,339 13.5 5.9 3.7 0.1 2.7
60712 / Lincolnwood / IL / 9.7 mi. 1,755 4,485 39.1 $71,234 28.3 4.2 0.4 0.0 21.0
60513 / Brookfield / IL / 12.7 mi. 1,701 7,570 22.5 $52,660 11.1 8.0 0.9 0.1 1.2
60044 / Lake Bluff / IL / 29.9 mi. 1,672 3,987 41.9 $76,154 20.4 6.4 7.8 0.6 4.0
60607 / Chicago / IL / 2.2 mi. 1,667 7,293 22.9 $40,972 56.8 8.1 32.9 0.1 13.5
60107 / Streamwood / IL / 29.9 mi. 1,662 11,828 14.1 $64,523 31.2 17.3 3.5 0.1 8.4
60649 / Chicago / IL / 9.5 mi. 1,623 23,520 6.9 $27,699 98.8 1.1 96.3 0.1 0.2
60543 / Oswego / IL / 39.5 mi. 1,609 6,377 25.2 $70,039 9.9 5.8 1.8 0.1 1.2
60073 / Round Lake / IL / 40.2 mi. 1,590 11,782 13.5 $56,408 35.6 29.6 2.5 0.3 1.7
60448 / Mokena / IL / 28.5 mi. 1,582 6,256 25.3 $73,533 5.4 3.0 0.5 0.1 1.1
60466 / Park Forest / IL / 30.3 mi. 1,575 11,450 13.8 $48,591 55.9 4.3 48.5 0.1 0.8
60022 / Glencoe / IL / 18.3 mi. 1,570 2,948 53.3 $171,063 6.1 1.3 2.1 0.1 1.7
60612 / Chicago / IL / 3.7 mi. 1,565 12,245 12.8 $25,143 86.2 14.0 65.1 0.1 5.8
60473 / South Holland / IL / 20.6 mi. 1,557 7,678 20.3 $60,116 56.6 3.9 50.7 0.1 0.9
60608 / Chicago / IL / 4.1 mi. 1,531 24,881 6.2 $28,026 87.0 62.7 18.2 0.2 5.0
46321 / Munster / IN / 24.7 mi. 1,530 8,091 18.9 $63,243 11.2 4.9 1.0 0.1 4.5
60639 / Chicago / IL / 7.3 mi. 1,515 25,430 6.0 $40,165 86.1 66.4 17.2 0.1 1.3
60446 / Romeoville / IL / 29.4 mi. 1,489 6,733 22.1 $60,692 22.2 13.5 4.4 0.2 2.3
60120 / Elgin / IL / 33.3 mi. 1,450 15,403 9.4 $52,067 57.0 44.9 6.4 0.2 4.2
60603 / Chicago / IL / 1 mi. 1,417 14 10121.4 $61,815 31.5 7.4 1.9 0.3 18.5
60139 / Glendale Heights / IL / 23.8 mi. 1,415 10,980 12.9 $56,791 44.7 18.1 4.6 0.1 19.9
60706 / Harwood Heights / IL / 9.3 mi. 1,382 9,153 15.1 $46,809 8.9 4.6 0.2 0.1 3.3
60069 / Lincolnshire / IL / 26.2 mi. 1,380 2,526 54.6 $107,989 9.1 3.4 0.7 0.0 4.2
60106 / Bensenville / IL / 17.3 mi. 1,378 7,467 18.5 $55,365 45.2 34.9 2.5 0.1 6.0
60087 / Waukegan / IL / 37.4 mi. 1,375 8,052 17.1 $52,468 47.2 29.5 12.2 0.3 3.3
60464 / Palos Park / IL / 20.1 mi. 1,343 3,536 38.0 $76,846 5.9 2.1 0.4 0.1 2.4
60130 / Forest Park / IL / 10.2 mi. 1,340 7,632 17.6 $44,103 47.9 7.8 30.8 0.1 6.8
60008 / Rolling Meadows / IL / 24 mi. 1,339 8,458 15.8 $57,694 30.5 20.2 2.8 0.1 6.3
60422 / Flossmoor / IL / 24.8 mi. 1,339 3,300 40.6 $94,679 35.7 2.3 27.6 0.0 4.1
60465 / Palos Hills / IL / 18.2 mi. 1,318 7,164 18.4 $52,164 15.6 4.7 5.5 0.1 2.6
60438 / Lansing / IL / 22.9 mi. 1,317 11,633 11.3 $47,671 17.8 5.6 10.4 0.1 0.8
60707 / Elmwood Park / IL / 9.9 mi. 1,312 15,786 8.3 $47,365 29.8 19.1 6.3 0.1 2.5
60445 / Midlothian / IL / 19.1 mi. 1,293 9,991 12.9 $48,027 12.9 5.4 5.0 0.1 1.3
60190 / Winfield / IL / 27.8 mi. 1,285 3,871 33.2 $84,502 11.1 4.2 2.5 0.1 3.3
60431 / Joliet / IL / 41.2 mi. 1,258 7,643 16.5 $71,030 13.2 5.5 5.1 0.2 1.6
60173 / Schaumburg / IL / 24.7 mi. 1,217 5,873 20.7 $62,031 40.5 5.5 5.2 0.1 27.9
60609 / Chicago / IL / 6 mi. 1,217 22,813 5.3 $25,705 84.2 43.4 38.5 0.1 1.2
60070 / Prospect Heights / IL / 21.5 mi. 1,210 6,063 20.0 $54,545 36.3 29.0 1.7 0.1 4.4
60426 / Harvey / IL / 20 mi. 1,207 14,441 8.4 $34,459 90.9 9.6 79.6 0.1 0.4
60803 / Alsip / IL / 16.4 mi. 1,166 8,875 13.1 $46,618 21.8 8.3 9.4 0.1 1.9
60555 / Warrenville / IL / 31.7 mi. 1,156 5,102 22.7 $63,736 16.5 9.8 2.2 0.1 3.4
60661 / Chicago / IL / 1.5 mi. 1,145 2,687 42.6 $54,698 45.0 5.9 21.3 0.0 15.9
60191 / Wood Dale / IL / 19.2 mi. 1,143 5,407 21.1 $57,713 18.7 13.4 0.5 0.1 3.3
60409 / Calumet City / IL / 19.8 mi. 1,141 15,151 7.5 $38,840 65.6 10.8 52.5 0.1 0.6
46307 / Crown Point / IN / 37 mi. 1,139 17,531 6.5 $59,459 8.9 4.8 1.9 0.2 1.1
60417 / Crete / IL / 32.3 mi. 1,130 5,721 19.8 $66,831 15.6 4.1 9.6 0.1 0.7
60459 / Burbank / IL / 12.9 mi. 1,096 9,343 11.7 $49,240 15.7 11.1 0.3 0.1 1.8
60118 / Dundee / IL / 39.1 mi. 1,083 5,404 20.0 $72,500 8.4 4.0 0.7 0.1 2.1
60160 / Melrose Park / IL / 12.5 mi. 1,074 7,565 14.2 $41,064 59.6 54.0 2.7 0.1 2.0
60131 / Franklin Park / IL / 13.9 mi. 1,070 6,470 16.5 $47,032 42.0 38.1 0.6 0.1 2.4
60623 / Chicago / IL / 6.1 mi. 1,068 27,639 3.9 $28,203 97.9 62.9 34.5 0.1 0.1
60143 / Itasca / IL / 21.3 mi. 1,030 3,805 27.1 $70,172 15.3 6.4 1.4 0.2 5.0
60164 / Melrose Park / IL / 14.5 mi. 1,007 6,971 14.4 $50,068 42.9 34.9 2.8 0.2 4.0
60443 / Matteson / IL / 27.6 mi. 944 5,575 16.9 $55,367 60.8 3.5 54.2 0.1 1.4
60490 / Bolingbrook / IL / 25.9 mi. 941 2,773 33.9 $87,512 33.4 7.5 15.6 0.2 8.4
60074 / Palatine / IL / 27.7 mi. 929 9,044 10.3 $51,594 48.6 32.2 4.1 0.1 10.6
60505 / Aurora / IL / 35.8 mi. 921 16,204 5.7 $40,475 72.7 60.9 10.1 0.2 0.7
60177 / South Elgin / IL / 34.5 mi. 919 5,871 15.7 $67,163 19.8 10.4 2.5 0.1 5.3
60110 / Carpentersville / IL / 36.7 mi. 916 9,323 9.8 $53,624 48.8 39.8 5.5 0.3 1.8
60099 / Zion / IL / 40.7 mi. 899 10,096 8.9 $48,101 40.8 14.0 21.9 0.2 1.8
60542 / North Aurora / IL / 37.4 mi. 892 4,166 21.4 $59,820 17.7 9.5 4.3 0.2 2.5
60012 / Crystal Lake / IL / 44.2 mi. 878 3,206 27.4 $89,804 5.0 2.3 0.3 0.1 1.6
60624 / Chicago / IL / 5.5 mi. 852 13,743 6.2 $22,426 99.3 1.0 97.7 0.1 0.1
60651 / Chicago / IL / 6.3 mi. 839 21,207 4.0 $32,622 97.6 26.8 69.5 0.1 0.4
60644 / Chicago / IL / 7.2 mi. 837 17,904 4.7 $26,930 98.0 2.2 94.8 0.1 0.3
60203 / Evanston / IL / 11.8 mi. 835 1,713 48.7 $81,133 25.5 4.3 11.8 0.1 7.3
60153 / Maywood / IL / 11.8 mi. 834 7,921 10.5 $41,970 94.2 10.6 82.0 0.1 0.3
60084 / Wauconda / IL / 37 mi. 825 4,875 16.9 $61,625 13.0 10.3 0.3 0.2 1.5
60636 / Chicago / IL / 8.6 mi. 822 14,041 5.9 $27,727 99.5 1.2 97.5 0.1 0.1
60406 / Blue Island / IL / 16.3 mi. 815 9,101 9.0 $35,604 62.9 37.2 23.6 0.2 0.4
60602 / Chicago / IL / 1 mi. 806 22 3663.6 $23,750 45.7 31.4 11.4 0.0 2.9
60142 / Huntley / IL / 45.9 mi. 799 2,977 26.8 $64,840 8.4 4.9 0.4 0.1 2.3
60176 / Schiller Park / IL / 13.6 mi. 795 4,157 19.1 $41,291 31.1 22.0 1.8 0.1 5.1
60429 / Hazel Crest / IL / 22.3 mi. 772 5,506 14.0 $49,078 78.5 3.8 71.9 0.1 1.0
60621 / Chicago / IL / 8.2 mi. 771 14,966 5.2 $19,718 99.6 0.8 97.8 0.1 0.1
60457 / Hickory Hills / IL / 16 mi. 768 5,181 14.8 $55,779 14.4 8.0 1.3 0.1 2.2
60419 / Dolton / IL / 18.4 mi. 751 8,486 8.8 $47,979 86.7 3.1 81.8 0.1 0.6
60436 / Joliet / IL / 38.8 mi. 751 6,254 12.0 $36,099 40.3 14.4 23.2 0.2 0.6
46322 / Highland / IN / 25.3 mi. 737 9,636 7.6 $51,297 9.8 6.6 1.2 0.1 1.1
46375 / Schererville / IN / 29.1 mi. 723 7,215 10.0 $59,975 11.1 5.7 1.5 0.1 2.6
60471 / Richton Park / IL / 29.4 mi. 719 4,692 15.3 $48,248 65.7 3.8 58.4 0.2 1.5
46304 / Chesterton / IN / 35.3 mi. 719 8,073 8.9 $54,812 6.2 3.5 0.5 0.3 0.9
46410 / Merrillville / IN / 32 mi. 718 12,574 5.7 $48,191 37.5 9.4 24.9 0.2 1.4
60155 / Broadview / IL / 12.4 mi. 705 3,192 22.1 $47,726 79.7 3.9 72.7 0.1 1.3
60653 / Chicago / IL / 5.2 mi. 697 12,898 5.4 $14,205 99.3 0.8 97.5 0.1 0.1
60425 / Glenwood / IL / 24.4 mi. 694 3,377 20.6 $53,654 51.0 5.0 44.2 0.0 0.7
60171 / River Grove / IL / 11.5 mi. 666 4,361 15.3 $40,783 13.1 9.7 0.3 0.1 2.1
60827 / Riverdale / IL / 17.3 mi. 655 10,772 6.1 $32,118 93.1 3.6 88.3 0.1 0.1
60461 / Olympia Fields / IL / 26.3 mi. 654 1,655 39.5 $94,394 58.5 1.8 52.1 0.0 3.5
60538 / Montgomery / IL / 38 mi. 643 5,049 12.7 $57,021 15.2 10.8 2.3 0.3 0.7
60560 / Yorkville / IL / 46.7 mi. 638 4,035 15.8 $65,949 4.5 2.9 0.4 0.2 0.5
60162 / Hillside / IL / 14.5 mi. 624 3,119 20.0 $49,867 56.7 13.2 36.6 0.1 5.1
60415 / Chicago Ridge / IL / 15.7 mi. 620 5,661 11.0 $44,035 14.7 6.0 2.6 0.2 1.5
46311 / Dyer / IN / 30.4 mi. 620 5,873 10.6 $63,307 7.7 4.9 0.5 0.1 1.4
46327 / Hammond / IN / 18.7 mi. 606 4,396 13.8 $31,155 43.6 37.4 3.6 0.3 0.5
60534 / Lyons / IL / 11.8 mi. 604 4,005 15.1 $43,993 21.3 16.3 0.9 0.1 1.4
46408 / Gary / IN / 27.4 mi. 602 7,350 8.2 $36,543 64.6 7.4 55.1 0.2 0.3
60083 / Wadsworth / IL / 41.2 mi. 593 1,896 31.3 $90,247 10.7 4.2 2.9 0.2 2.1
60033 / Harvard / IL / 62.2 mi. 583 4,445 13.1 $50,462 27.6 25.3 0.4 0.2 1.1
46368 / Portage / IN / 31.5 mi. 580 13,645 4.3 $48,021 12.9 9.6 1.4 0.2 0.6
60064 / North Chicago / IL / 32.4 mi. 577 4,939 11.7 $33,248 87.0 27.6 56.1 0.1 1.6
60020 / Fox Lake / IL / 44.8 mi. 557 2,854 19.5 $41,726 9.4 6.7 0.7 0.2 0.7
60455 / Bridgeview / IL / 14.4 mi. 557 5,917 9.4 $42,917 18.1 9.6 0.8 0.2 2.2
60081 / Spring Grove / IL / 49.1 mi. 549 2,958 18.6 $66,760 4.2 2.5 0.2 0.1 0.6
60104 / Bellwood / IL / 13.3 mi. 549 6,439 8.5 $52,693 91.3 7.7 81.4 0.1 1.0
46342 / Hobart / IN / 32.4 mi. 549 11,375 4.8 $46,212 12.1 9.1 1.2 0.3 0.5
46394 / Whiting / IN / 16.2 mi. 547 5,329 10.3 $37,333 21.5 19.7 0.3 0.1 0.4
60119 / Elburn / IL / 43.6 mi. 522 2,692 19.4 $79,159 4.1 2.4 0.1 0.2 0.6
46324 / Hammond / IN / 22.4 mi. 518 9,040 5.7 $37,547 28.3 17.0 9.1 0.2 0.5
60482 / Worth / IL / 16.6 mi. 515 4,555 11.3 $42,774 10.5 6.0 1.3 0.1 1.2
60301 / Oak Park / IL / 9.3 mi. 503 1,302 38.6 $60,399 36.0 4.5 19.4 0.1 9.4
60043 / Kenilworth / IL / 14.3 mi. 497 835 59.5 $200,001 4.0 1.3 0.2 0.0 2.4
60042 / Island Lake / IL / 39.8 mi. 494 3,082 16.0 $62,917 11.2 8.2 0.7 0.1 1.5
60041 / Ingleside / IL / 42.7 mi. 491 3,393 14.5 $59,874 6.3 4.2 0.4 0.2 0.7
60633 / Chicago / IL / 16.9 mi. 478 5,077 9.4 $40,792 44.3 22.8 18.6 0.2 0.6
60021 / Fox River Grove / IL / 37.3 mi. 471 2,055 22.9 $64,403 7.2 3.9 0.4 0.1 1.8
60478 / Country Club Hills / IL / 23.8 mi. 462 5,289 8.7 $57,218 85.0 1.7 80.5 0.1 0.9
60480 / Willow Springs / IL / 18.1 mi. 446 1,824 24.5 $56,563 9.8 5.4 0.6 0.1 1.9
60449 / Monee / IL / 34.4 mi. 445 2,126 20.9 $64,821 7.9 3.4 2.4 0.1 0.5
60140 / Hampshire / IL / 48.2 mi. 418 2,497 16.7 $63,380 4.5 3.4 0.1 0.1 0.3
60501 / Summit Argo / IL / 12.8 mi. 414 3,554 11.6 $39,063 60.6 46.4 11.3 0.2 1.4
60152 / Marengo / IL / 56.9 mi. 403 3,958 10.2 $60,024 10.5 9.2 0.3 0.2 0.3
60096 / Winthrop Harbor / IL / 41.7 mi. 400 2,426 16.5 $64,159 8.6 4.4 0.6 0.4 1.9
46312 / East Chicago / IN / 19.3 mi. 397 11,692 3.4 $26,543 88.0 51.6 35.2 0.2 0.2
60554 / Sugar Grove / IL / 43.3 mi. 391 1,592 24.6 $72,991 7.4 4.7 1.3 0.0 0.5
60475 / Steger / IL / 29.3 mi. 387 3,619 10.7 $43,133 17.1 8.3 6.3 0.2 0.6
60163 / Berkeley / IL / 15.1 mi. 384 1,864 20.6 $59,922 48.4 15.7 27.8 0.1 3.5
60040 / Highwood / IL / 23.5 mi. 380 1,897 20.0 $44,340 55.8 51.3 1.4 0.2 2.2
60458 / Justice / IL / 14.9 mi. 370 5,318 7.0 $47,249 29.9 7.4 17.1 0.1 1.6
60410 / Channahon / IL / 44.2 mi. 364 2,385 15.3 $70,770 5.4 3.7 0.4 0.1 0.3
60097 / Wonder Lake / IL / 51.2 mi. 362 3,669 9.9 $55,278 6.3 4.5 0.2 0.2 0.6
60481 / Wilmington / IL / 45.6 mi. 355 4,337 8.2 $50,509 3.6 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.2
46323 / Hammond / IN / 22.7 mi. 351 9,265 3.8 $40,229 29.8 16.6 11.0 0.2 0.6
60442 / Manhattan / IL / 37 mi. 320 2,036 15.7 $62,944 3.6 2.3 0.4 0.1 0.2
60071 / Richmond / IL / 52.8 mi. 315 1,041 30.3 $63,281 4.1 2.9 0.3 0.1 0.3
60401 / Beecher / IL / 38.1 mi. 315 2,168 14.5 $49,500 3.7 2.1 0.2 0.1 0.2
46319 / Griffith / IN / 28 mi. 315 7,458 4.2 $49,181 19.5 8.2 9.1 0.3 0.8
60088 / Great Lakes / IL / 31 mi. 311 2,032 15.3 $39,299 41.1 10.2 20.3 0.9 5.8
60468 / Peotone / IL / 39.3 mi. 302 1,903 15.9 $58,000 3.9 2.0 0.8 0.1 0.4
60545 / Plano / IL / 49.6 mi. 295 2,577 11.4 $52,227 22.2 20.4 0.3 0.2 0.4
46403 / Gary / IN / 25.8 mi. 294 5,948 4.9 $37,800 82.0 5.3 74.3 0.1 0.2
46373 / Saint John / IN / 31.7 mi. 280 2,782 10.1 $70,250 5.5 4.0 0.1 0.2 0.5
60433 / Joliet / IL / 35.3 mi. 266 5,738 4.6 $40,837 58.8 15.1 42.2 0.1 0.2
60184 / Wayne / IL / 32.7 mi. 260 251 103.6 $93,785 6.6 2.9 0.6 0.0 1.9
60456 / Hometown / IL / 12.6 mi. 258 1,883 13.7 $38,521 6.0 3.7 0.1 0.2 0.5
60157 / Medinah / IL / 22.6 mi. 224 730 30.7 $81,251 7.3 3.7 0.7 0.1 1.9
60432 / Joliet / IL / 32.9 mi. 212 5,737 3.7 $34,146 78.3 46.4 30.4 0.2 0.3
60192 / Schaumburg / IL / 25.6 mi. 211 517 40.8 $118,431 29.5 5.8 1.5 0.1 21.1
46405 / Lake Station / IN / 28.7 mi. 192 4,599 4.2 $37,436 24.5 21.7 0.8 0.3 0.3
60151 / Maple Park / IL / 49.4 mi. 182 1,231 14.8 $63,447 3.5 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.4
46320 / Hammond / IN / 20.9 mi. 180 6,102 2.9 $25,894 66.7 23.6 40.6 0.2 0.3
60476 / Thornton / IL / 22.6 mi. 174 1,014 17.2 $46,694 6.3 4.1 1.1 0.1 0.2
46303 / Cedar Lake / IN / 36.7 mi. 161 4,210 3.8 $47,292 4.6 3.3 0.1 0.2 0.2
46341 / Hebron / IN / 45.2 mi. 139 3,446 4.0 $52,047 4.5 2.9 0.4 0.2 0.2
60421 / Elwood / IL / 40.4 mi. 138 1,294 10.7 $60,775 6.0 3.5 1.2 0.3 0.5
46356 / Lowell / IN / 45.1 mi. 136 5,134 2.6 $52,633 4.5 3.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
46404 / Gary / IN / 24.6 mi. 127 7,948 1.6 $26,691 99.0 1.5 96.5 0.2 0.1
60408 / Braidwood / IL / 54.5 mi. 126 1,743 7.2 $55,337 4.1 2.9 0.1 0.1 0.3
60469 / Posen / IL / 18.8 mi. 116 1,620 7.2 $48,636 33.7 22.6 8.8 0.2 0.2
60029 / Golf / IL / 14.3 mi. 109 125 87.2 $138,669 2.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 1.1
46402 / Gary / IN / 24.8 mi. 101 3,361 3.0 $18,759 96.9 6.7 88.6 0.1 0.1
60141 / Hines / IL / 11.5 mi. 100 8 1250.0 $0 55.9 6.5 49.0 0.0 0.0
60165 / Stone Park / IL / 13.5 mi. 93 1,265 7.4 $38,720 83.2 78.8 1.6 0.3 1.8
60511 / Big Rock / IL / 48.3 mi. 93 648 14.4 $72,622 4.6 2.8 0.3 0.2 0.2
46406 / Gary / IN / 23.2 mi. 83 4,320 1.9 $27,574 73.7 11.8 60.5 0.2 0.1
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