Chicago Cityscape has launched a new version of its Community Data Explorer. The update helps you view and download demographic data for any ward, community area, Cook County commissioner district, an area you draw, and 1,000s of other places whose boundaries don’t line up with the Census map.
Open a Place like Bucktown and click “Show community data” and we’ll download Census data about population, housing, education, income levels, and other topics. Try it for your neighborhood or watch a demo.
We’ve created the holy grail of getting community data by dealing with the fact that rarely does your desired boundary overlap perfectly with the U.S. Census Bureau’s boundaries. Once you choose what the right overlap is, you can export your selection and open it in a spreadsheet app.