Zoning

Residential
Commercial
Manufacturing
Planned development
Parks and open space

Source: 2nd City Zoning

Land use

Industrial
Manufacturing
Residential: Multi-family
Residential: Single-family
Retail center
Medical and educational
Urban mix w/ parking
Urban mix w/o parking
Warehouse district
Other
All land use classifications (PDF)

Source: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, 2005

Community assets

Parks
Schools
Closed Schools
Libraries

Source: City of Chicago

TIF/SSA

TIF Districts
Special Service Areas

Source: City of Chicago, 2013

Median home value

By Census block group; owner-occupied units only

$66,700 $645,300

Source: 2010 U.S. Census

Number of housing units

By Census block group

0 1,800

Source: 2010 U.S. Census

Retail market leakage

By Census tract

No leakage –$65 m
Total retail gap—Where numbers are negative, local residents are spending their incomes outside the immediate area.

Source: ESRI and Info USA, 2007. Note: Based on 2000 Census tracts.

Vacant parcels

City-owned vacant parcels

Source: City of Chicago, 2012

Population

By Census block group

0 3,000

Source: 2010 U.S. Census

Median income & QCTs

By Census block group

$12,000 $120,000

2013 LIHTC Qualified Census Tracts

The federal government encourages low-income housing tax credits to be used in QCT areas. Source: 2010 U.S. Census, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

Vacancy

By Census block group

0% 56%

Source: 2010 U.S. Census

TOD ordinance

Adjacent to rail or future BRT* station
Parking ↓ and density ↑ (for parcels zoned -3 and in B, C, D and M zones)
Parking ↓ only (for parcels not zoned -3 but in B, C, D and M zones)

* BRT stations would be along the Ashland Avenue BRT Phase 2 and are not currently included in proposed ordinance, although MPC is suggesting that they should be.

Source: MPC calculations based on City of Chicago's proposed TOD ordinance

Rapid transit station proximity

Quarter-mile radius
Half-mile radius

 

Population

Median income & QCTs

Number of housing units

Median home value

Retail market leakage

Vacancy

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