West Ridge | |
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| Community Area 02 - West Ridge | |
.jpg) Location within the city of Chicago | |
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 Location within the city of Chicago | |
| Coordinates: 42°00′N 87°41.4′W / 42.000°N 87.6900°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| City | Chicago |
| Neighborhoods | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.53 sq mi (9.1 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 77,122 |
| • Density | 22,000/sq mi (8,400/km2) |
| Demographics 2019 [1] | |
| • White | 40.60% |
| • Black | 11.6% |
| • Hispanic | 18.9% |
| • Asian | 23.8% |
| • Other | 5.2% |
| Educational Attainment 2019[1] | |
| • High School Diploma or Higher | 80.7% |
| • Bachelor's Degree or Higher | 38.4% |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 60645 and parts of 60659 |
| Median Household income 2019[1] | $53,877 |
| Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services | |
West Ridge is one of 77 Chicago community areas. It is a middle-class neighborhood located on the far North Side of the City of Chicago. It is located in the 50th ward and the 40th ward.
Today West Ridge is one of Chicago's better off communities, filled with multi-ethnic culture lining Devon Avenue, historic mansions lining Ridge and Lunt Avenues, cultural institutions such as St. Scholastica Academy and one of the highest per capita incomes on the North Side of Chicago.
It is home to the Midwest's largest Hasidic community, as well as other Jewish, Irish American, German-American, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Assyrian, Russian, Korean and Rohingya[2] immigrant communities.
- ^ a b c "Community Data Snapshot West Ridge" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ Ramos, Manny (January 30, 2022). "Refugees drive West Ridge's growing Asian population". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved January 31, 2022.