Chicago Ridge is a city of 14,099 people in Illinois. 50% of homes are owner-occupied. This skews young, with a median age of 34.0. Density works out to 6,216 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 26%. The poverty rate is 20.4%, above the 12.5% national rate.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $68,964, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
29% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Chicago Ridge
What changed most since 1990
White share95.1% → 54.4%(−40.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate7.8% → 20.4%(+12.6 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Black share0.3% → 9.4%(+9.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)47.5%(211)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28.2%(125)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.5%(20)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II7.9%(35)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 444 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Chicago Ridge, decade by decade
Chicago Ridge population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
13,643
$78,698
$213,126
10.1%
11.7
2000
14,127
$80,337
$224,428
13.8%
33.2
2010
14,305
$69,154
$269,013
16.2%
49.2
2020
14,433
$62,487
$205,077
22.1%
60.4
2024
14,099
$68,964
$226,900
28.6%
79.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
