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Civic Worth · Chicago & Cook County

Chicago, by community area

Chicago's 77 community areas are the city's stable civic geography. Search any address, or pick a community area, to see the parcel-level public record — assessed values, zoning, ADU eligibility, ward, permits, and 311.

Resolved to your PIN

Every Chicago address resolves to its 14-digit Cook County PIN — then to the parcel’s ward, community area, zoning, and ADU eligibility.

The 2027 reassessment, as data

The City triad reassesses in 2027. Reports show comparable parcels’ values at each appeal stage — mailed, certified, board — so you read the pipeline as data.

Free for newsrooms

Chicago newsrooms and 501(c)(3) nonprofits get 100 reports a month, free — because a better-informed Chicago is the whole point.

Look up any Chicago address

Or explore the city as data: Chicago civic maps — zoning, permits, representation, and more, by community area and ward.

How Civic Worth works

Search any address, free

Type any Columbus or Chicago address. In under a second you get the Civic Address Card: who represents that parcel, how it is zoned, the nearest transit, and the most recent 311 requests nearby. No account, no charge.

The report explains the why

The card shows what is true of a parcel. The full report shows why it matters. It reads the same public record a planner or a land-use lawyer would pull, and cites every source: the zoning before and after, permit history and the unpermitted-work signal, assessed value and tax context, and demographic and displacement trends.

See a real parcel report, resolved live

Free for newsrooms and nonprofits

Verified newsrooms and 501(c)(3) nonprofits get 100 reports a month at no cost. The people who report on a city should be able to read its public record.

How newsroom access works

Every Chicago property gets reassessed in 2027

Get one email when the City triad's notices go out, and a heads-up before each appeal window closes. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Chicago neighborhoods map

Chicago's official map is its 77 community areas — the stable statistical neighborhoods the city and county actually record data by. They rarely match the colloquial neighborhood names locals use (Wicker Park, Boystown, Bronzeville sit inside them). Browse all 77 below, see the city on the interactive ward map, or explore Chicago as civic maps. New to the public record? Read the guides, or see Chicago landmarks by the parcel.

Far North Side

12

North Side

5

Northwest Side

6

Central

3

West Side

9

South Side

12
Armour Square Area 34

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's Armour Square (Community Area 34).

Douglas Area 35

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's Douglas (Community Area 35): North Bronzeville, IIT, the Bronzeville heritage corridor.

Oakland Area 36

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's Oakland (Community Area 36).

Fuller Park Area 37

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's Fuller Park (Community Area 37).

Grand Boulevard Area 38

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's Grand Boulevard (Community Area 38): South Bronzeville, the King Drive corridor, the Black Metropolis landmarks.

Kenwood Area 39

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's Kenwood (Community Area 39): the mansion district, the lakefront, the Hyde Park border.

Washington Park Area 40

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's Washington Park (Community Area 40).

Hyde Park Area 41

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's Hyde Park (Community Area 41): the University of Chicago, the lakefront, the 53rd Street corridor.

Woodlawn Area 42

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's Woodlawn (Community Area 42): the Obama Presidential Center, Cottage Grove, the 63rd Street corridor.

South Shore Area 43

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's South Shore (Community Area 43): the lakefront, the Cultural Center, the 71st Street corridor.

Bridgeport Area 60

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's Bridgeport (Community Area 60): the Halsted corridor, the river industry, a historic workers'-cottage core.

Greater Grand Crossing Area 69

Parcel-level civic data for Chicago's Greater Grand Crossing (Community Area 69).

Southwest Side

12

Far Southeast Side

12

Far Southwest Side

6

Covering all of Cook County — 1.86M parcels, with city datasets for Chicago proper. Coverage status at /api/v1/registry/connectors.

The flag's four stars mark Fort Dearborn, the Great Fire, and the 1893 and 1933 world's fairs — civic history in six-pointed shorthand.

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