What's going on in your wardyour ward, your district, or your neighborhood?
The issues residents actually raise, the alderman responsible, recent local reporting, and who lives there. Search below, or pick a region.
South Side
Bridgeport, Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Woodlawn, South Shore, Back of the Yards, Englewood, Chatham, Auburn Gresham, Beverly and the Far South Side.
North Side
The lakefront north: Rogers Park, Edgewater, Uptown, Lake View, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, North Center, West Ridge and North Park.
Northwest Side
Logan Square, Avondale, Albany Park, Irving Park, Portage Park, Belmont Cragin, Jefferson Park, Norwood Park and O'Hare.
West Side
Austin, Humboldt Park, West Town, East and West Garfield Park, North Lawndale and the Near West Side.
Southwest Side
Pilsen, Little Village, Brighton Park, McKinley Park, Archer Heights, Gage Park, Garfield Ridge, Clearing and West Lawn.
Loop
Downtown: the Loop, the Near North Side and the Near South Side, where the other four regions meet.
What's on each map
Issues
What's actually going on in a ward, each entry marked as research or as a testimonial from a resident, with links to the reporting behind it.
Local news
Recent coverage for every ward, gathered daily from Block Club Chicago and matched against the neighborhood names people actually use.
Who lives there
Population, income, poverty, hardship index, and race and ethnicity for every ward, community area and legislative district, straight from the census.
311 requests
What a ward has actually reported to the city over the last 90 days, from graffiti to rodent baiting, taken from the city's own 311 data and refreshed every night.
Six sets of boundaries
Switch the map between the 50 wards, the 77 community areas, the 22 police districts, and the state house, state senate and congressional districts that cover the city.
Who represents you
The alderperson for a ward, the three state and federal legislators for a district, and the elected members of a police district council. Alderpersons and council members have a profile here; the legislators link out to their official pages.