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West Chicago city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
West Chicago city is a Census city of 25,395 people across 15.41 square miles of land, in DuPage County. Median household income is $99,927, 70.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 64 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $44.9 m.
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West Chicago
What West Chicago is
- Census place typecity
- Land area15.41 sq mi
- Water area0.33 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,648
- County holding the largest share of its areaDuPage 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.
West Chicago
How many people live in West Chicago
- Population25,395
- Median age36.3
- Population under 186,653
- Share under 1826.2 percent
- Population 65 and over2,830
- Share 65 and over11.1 percent
- Households7,459
- Family households5,760
- Share of households that are families77.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Chicago
Income and work in West Chicago
- Median household income$99,927
- Per capita income$38,037
- Civilian labor force14,286
- Employed12,932
- Unemployed1,354 plus or minus 542
- Unemployment rate9.5 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over16,133
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Chicago
Housing in West Chicago
- Housing units7,745
- Occupied units7,459
- Vacant units286 plus or minus 145
- Vacancy rate3.7 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Owner occupied5,292
- Renter occupied2,167
- Ownership rate70.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$336,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,469
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.6 percent
- Single family units5,770
- Share single family74.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,952
- Share in buildings of two or more25.2 percent
- Mobile homes23 plus or minus 21
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Chicago
How West Chicago gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute11,117
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,818
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,465
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.2 percent
- Drove alone65.2 percent
- Carpooled18.7 percent
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home11.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Chicago
SBA 7(a) lending to West Chicago borrowers
- Approvals64
- Gross approval$44,936,800
- Average approval$702,138
- Median approval$278,200
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,447,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported528
- Jobs per approval8.3
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full9
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.2 percent
- Share to franchises6.3 percent
- Distinct lenders25
- Distinct industries by NAICS38
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 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.
West Chicago
SBA 504 lending to West Chicago borrowers
- Approvals42
- Gross approval$28,169,000
- Average approval$670,690
- Median approval$543,000
- Largest approval$1,994,000
- Jobs supported435
- Loans with a final outcome15
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans6.7 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
West Chicago
Flood programme status in West Chicago
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170219
- Currently effective map date08/01/19
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.
DuPage County, not West Chicago
DuPage County context, not West Chicago figures
These are DuPage County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Chicago measurements.
- Establishments in DuPage County34,121
- Employment at those establishments, DuPage County595,691
- Covered employment, DuPage County622,113
- Average annual pay, DuPage County$79,674
- Average weekly wage, DuPage County$1,532
- Housing units permitted, DuPage County1,450
- Of those, single family, DuPage County784
- County product, 2024, DuPage County$129,734,015,000
- County product change over the prior year, DuPage County3.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, DuPage County$102,362
Every figure in this section is published for DuPage County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Chicago. 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
West Chicago questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Chicago, Illinois?
25,395, in 7,459 households. West Chicago city covers 15.41 square miles of land, which is 1,648 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Chicago in?
DuPage 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 West Chicago?
$99,927. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $336,800. Median gross rent is $1,469 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to West Chicago businesses?
64 7(a) approvals totalling $44.9 m, across 25 lenders, median approval $278,200, plus 42 504 approvals worth $28.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in West Chicago, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to West Chicago borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for West Chicago. only 9 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 West Chicago in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. West Chicago appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170219, 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 West Chicago figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for DuPage 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 West Chicago.
Is zoning published for West Chicago?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.