Chicago’s 77 official community areas. Zoom in to see the City’s 98 smaller neighborhoods. Pinch with two fingers, or use + and −. Drag to move. Tap a place to see it. The streets and the lake take a moment to appear.
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Official community area
Lake, rivers, roads (City data)
Smaller neighborhood (zoom in; the City says these lines are approximate)
Name not on the City list, drawn from streets or a community map (approximate)
Airport (position from FAA data)
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Where these shapes come from.
Official community areas: City of Chicago Data Portal, “Boundaries - Community Areas” (dataset igwz-8jzy), last changed by the City on 2025-04-22. See the City’s data.
Smaller neighborhoods: City of Chicago Data Portal, “Neighborhoods_2012b (Boundaries - Neighborhoods)” (dataset y6yq-dbs2), last changed by the City on 2012-12-18. The City says: “Developed by the Office of Tourism. These boundaries are approximate and names are not official.” See the City’s data.
Shapes are simplified to draw fast on a phone, so borders are close but not exact. Use the City’s data for an exact line.
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Names that are not on the City list. 102 names are drawn with gold dashes because the City’s list does not have them. 13 are hand-built from the streets or plans named in each place’s own note (tap the place to read it). 89 come from the border lines of the chicago.af neighborhood map (saved 2026-11-08; the file does not name an author). All of these borders are approximate.
Lake, rivers and streets: City of Chicago Data Portal, Hydro (dataset knfe-65pw) and Street Center Lines (table pr57-gg9e), read 2026-10-31. Airport positions: FAA data.