Policy and data analysis across Chicago’s 50 wards
The rebate would cover about 9% of private-sector jobs, concentrated on the South and West Sides, but most residents of disadvantaged areas and most lower-paid workers have jobs outside them.
Read analysis →Alders who sponsored the FAIR ordinance represent wards where 40% of residents rent, versus 55% elsewhere, yet renters in those wards are about as rent burdened.
Read analysis →Which wards have the most households subject to a garbage fee increase, who bears the burden by income, and how the 2026 budget coalition would have been affected.
Read analysis →An update using the latest Illinois Gaming Board application data: 352 Chicago applicants, projected tax and license revenue, and what Bally’s casino means for the net.
Read analysis →4% of Chicago households lack air conditioning, with the highest rates on the South Side, West Side, and far North Side lakefront.
Read analysis →Chicago is majority-renter by household, but renters are unevenly distributed across wards. A look at who rents, where renters live, renter mobility, and housing-quality issues behind the proposed Protecting Renters Ordinance.
Read analysis →Eighteen Chicago community areas are split so that no single ward represents a majority of residents. Mapping those divides shows how fragmented ward representation varies by neighborhood size, race, income, and poverty.
Read analysis →Recent reports suggest the new center is pushing Woodlawn residents out. A closer look at short-term rentals, rents, and demographic change near Jackson Park finds little evidence of widespread OPC-driven displacement.
Read analysis →Where are video gambling terminals concentrated across Chicago's 50 wards? An analysis of licensed and pending applicants, estimated revenue, and ward-by-ward breakdowns.
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