Woodlawn, Chicago

Woodlawn
Community area
Community Area 42 - Woodlawn
The Strand Hotel, a NRHP listed apartment hotel on Cottage Grove Avenue.
Location within the city of Chicago
Coordinates: 41°46.8′N 87°36′W / 41.7800°N 87.600°W / 41.7800; -87.600
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Neighborhoods	List Woodlawn West Woodlawn Park Manor
Area
• Total	2.07 sq mi (5.36 km2)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	24,425
• Density	12,000/sq mi (4,600/km2)
Demographics 2020[1]
• White	8.2%
• Black	82.3%
• Hispanic	2.9%
• Asian	3.4%
• Other	3.3%
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	parts of 60637
Median household income 2018	$26,415[1]
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

Woodlawn is a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, located on and near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles (13.7 km) south of the Loop. It is one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas. It is bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King Drive to the west, and 67th Street to the south, save for a small tract that lies south of 67th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and South Chicago Avenue. Local sources sometimes divide the neighborhood along Cottage Grove into "East" and "West Woodlawn."

Woodlawn contains a large portion of Jackson Park, including the site of the under-construction Barack Obama Presidential Center. The neighborhood is also home to a number of educational institutions: Hyde Park Career Academy, Mount Carmel High School, Chicago Theological Seminary, and the southern portion of the campus of the University of Chicago—including the Law School, the Harris School of Public Policy, the School of Social Service Administration, and the University of Chicago Press.