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Park Ridge city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Park Ridge city is a Census city of 38,667 people across 7.09 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $142,986, 84.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 59 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $29.9 m.
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Park Ridge
What Park Ridge is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.09 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,456
- 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.
Park Ridge
How many people live in Park Ridge
- Population38,667
- Median age44.4
- Population under 189,544
- Share under 1824.7 percent
- Population 65 and over7,826
- Share 65 and over20.2 percent
- Households14,867
- Family households10,728
- Share of households that are families72.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Park Ridge
Income and work in Park Ridge
- Median household income$142,986
- Per capita income$77,214
- Civilian labor force20,582
- Employed19,718
- Unemployed864 plus or minus 222
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over26,900
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher66.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree27.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Park Ridge
- Housing units15,573
- Occupied units14,867
- Vacant units706 plus or minus 226
- Vacancy rate4.5 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied12,613
- Renter occupied2,254
- Ownership rate84.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$551,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,537
- Annual rent as a share of median income12.9 percent
- Single family units11,717
- Share single family75.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,660
- Share in buildings of two or more23.5 percent
- Mobile homes42 plus or minus 42
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Park Ridge gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute14,825
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,570
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,739
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.5 percent
- Drove alone59.4 percent
- Carpooled5.4 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Public transport8.6 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home23.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Park Ridge
SBA loans in Park Ridge (7(a))
- Approvals59
- Gross approval$29,888,100
- Average approval$506,578
- Median approval$163,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,350,000
- Largest approval$4,650,000
- Jobs supported939
- Jobs per approval15.9
- Loans with a final outcome17
- Paid in full15
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans11.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more8.5 percent
- Share to franchises22.0 percent
- Distinct lenders22
- Distinct industries by NAICS31
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Park Ridge
SBA loans in Park Ridge (504)
- Approvals22
- Gross approval$12,093,000
- Average approval$549,682
- Median approval$455,000
- Largest approval$2,332,000
- Jobs supported157
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Park Ridge
Flood risk in Park Ridge
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170146
- 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 Park Ridge
Cook County context, not Park 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 Park 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 Park 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
Park Ridge questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Park Ridge, Illinois?
38,667, in 14,867 households. Park Ridge city covers 7.09 square miles of land, which is 5,456 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Park 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 Park Ridge?
$142,986. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $551,200. Median gross rent is $1,537 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Park Ridge businesses?
59 7(a) approvals totalling $29.9 m, across 22 lenders, median approval $163,000, plus 22 504 approvals worth $12.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Park Ridge, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Park Ridge borrowers get paid back?
Of the 17 loans that have reached a final outcome, 15 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 11.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Park Ridge in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Park Ridge appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170146, 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 Park 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 Park Ridge.
Is zoning published for Park Ridge?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.