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Chicago Ridge village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Chicago Ridge village is a Census village of 14,099 people across 2.27 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $68,964, 50.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 23 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.2 m.
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Chicago Ridge
What Chicago Ridge is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area2.27 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,217
- County holding the largest share of its areaCook County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chicago Ridge
How many people live in Chicago Ridge
- Population14,099
- Median age34.0
- Population under 183,470
- Share under 1824.6 percent
- Population 65 and over1,812 plus or minus 454
- Share 65 and over12.9 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Households5,234
- Family households3,242
- Share of households that are families61.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Chicago Ridge
- Median household income$68,964
- Per capita income$29,973
- Civilian labor force6,914
- Employed6,535
- Unemployed379 plus or minus 205
- Unemployment rate5.5 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over9,562
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.6 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.4 percent plus or minus 3.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Chicago Ridge
- Housing units5,751
- Occupied units5,234
- Vacant units517 plus or minus 221
- Vacancy rate9.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Owner occupied2,624
- Renter occupied2,610
- Ownership rate50.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$226,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,304
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.7 percent
- Single family units2,071
- Share single family36.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,661
- Share in buildings of two or more63.7 percent
- Mobile homes19 plus or minus 37
- Median year structure built1972
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Chicago Ridge gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,790
- Commuting under 15 minutes709 plus or minus 286
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.2 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,410 plus or minus 807
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more58.9 percent
- Drove alone81.1 percent
- Carpooled3.6 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport2.3 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home10.6 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Chicago Ridge (7(a))
- Approvals23
- Gross approval$10,215,900
- Average approval$444,170
- Median approval$203,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,048,000
- Largest approval$2,950,000
- Jobs supported402
- Jobs per approval17.5
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full7
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more21.7 percent
- Share to franchises8.7 percent
- Distinct lenders13
- Distinct industries by NAICS14
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Chicago Ridge (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$4,083,000
- Average approval$680,500
- Median approval$580,000
- Largest approval$1,493,000
- Jobs supported37
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chicago Ridge
Flood risk in Chicago Ridge
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170076
- Currently effective map date08/19/08
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cook County, not Chicago Ridge
Cook County context, not Chicago Ridge figures
These are Cook County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Chicago Ridge measurements.
- Establishments in Cook County134,513
- Employment at those establishments, Cook County2,492,328
- Covered employment, Cook County2,565,567
- Average annual pay, Cook County$86,931
- Average weekly wage, Cook County$1,672
- Housing units permitted, Cook County6,507
- Of those, single family, Cook County1,142
- County product, 2024, Cook County$546,440,623,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cook County4.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cook County$91,691
Every figure in this section is published for Cook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Chicago Ridge. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Chicago Ridge questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Chicago Ridge, Illinois?
14,099, in 5,234 households. Chicago Ridge village covers 2.27 square miles of land, which is 6,217 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Chicago Ridge in?
Cook County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Chicago Ridge?
$68,964. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $226,900. Median gross rent is $1,304 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Chicago Ridge businesses?
23 7(a) approvals totalling $10.2 m, across 13 lenders, median approval $203,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $4.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Chicago Ridge, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Chicago Ridge borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Chicago Ridge. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Chicago Ridge in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Chicago Ridge appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170076, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Chicago Ridge figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cook County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Chicago Ridge.
Is zoning published for Chicago Ridge?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.