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Chicago Ridge, IL

Housing, schools and community. Start with the figures, then follow the evidence.

Census figures: ACS 2020–2024 · Estimates, not current listings · 90% margins shown

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Explore Census tract population, housing, income and demographics near the city’s representative point. Tracts are statistical areas, separate from named neighborhoods.

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Community · ACS 2020–2024

Who lives here

Census population groups ↗

Hispanic or Latino includes any race. All other groups below are non-Hispanic, so these eight groups do not overlap. These are estimates, not measures of belonging or a place’s quality.

White54.4%± 7.4 pp
Hispanic or Latino21.0%± 5.3 pp
Asian3.1%± 2.1 pp
Two or more races11.8%± 5.1 pp
Another race0.2%± 0.5 pp
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Margins are 90% confidence estimates in percentage points. Language measures cover people age 5 and over; household and housing measures have their own denominators. See each metric definition.

Public schools

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Schools around Chicago RidgeCheck a home addressNCES directory ↗

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Public safety · reporting context

Reported crime

Reported violent crime1.9per 1,000 reporting-area residents
Reported property crime16.1per 1,000 reporting-area residents

2025 city report · 12 reported months · reporting population 13,952. The police reporting area may differ from the Census place. Reported crime does not describe all harms or produce an overall safety score.

FBI Crime Data Explorer · Table 8 ↗
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Named communities around Chicago Ridge

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USGS named locations within 10 straight-line miles of this place’s reference point. These can include names inside or outside city limits; they are not neighborhood boundaries.

Chicago Ridge ↗

Cook · IL

0.1 mi · source location

Oak Lawn ↗

Cook · IL

1.2 mi · source location

Worth ↗

Cook · IL

1.3 mi · source location

Palos Hills ↗

Cook · IL

2.0 mi · source location

Burbank ↗

Cook · IL

2.1 mi · source location

Hazel Green ↗

Cook · IL

2.5 mi · source location

Palos Heights ↗

Cook · IL

2.6 mi · source location

Hickory Hills ↗

Cook · IL

2.8 mi · source location
Everyday places · IMLS FY 2024

Public libraries nearby

Up to 12 recorded library buildings within 5 straight-line miles of Chicago Ridge’s Census place point. Check current hours before visiting. The center point is a reference for distance, not a home address.

Annual public-use survey; excludes reported temporary closures, bookmobiles and coarse location matches. Coordinates may be approximate. Postal addresses do not establish city or neighborhood membership.

IMLS Public Libraries Survey ↗
Reporting & community updates

In the news

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Selected headlines from Capitol News Illinois, Chicago Transit Authority. Place results match a reviewed city feed or a place-name headline mention. Official community updates are labelled separately from newsroom reporting. State results can include national reporting selected by the publisher. Headlines are retained for up to 90 days from publication; collection began September 2026 and is not a complete archive.

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