SIX CORNERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ... - The Lakota Group

EXISTING CONDITIONS
SOCIOECONOMIC OVERVIEW
Six Corners is located in the Portage Park
Community Area, one of 77 community areas
designated by the City of Chicago. The Irving
Park Community Area lies immediately to the east
of Six Corners, crossing the Kennedy Expressway
and extending east to the Chicago River (see
Figure 6). Within these official community areas
are a number of established neighborhoods. For
example, the Old Irving Park neighborhood is a
portion of the Irving Park Community Area.
Community Areas, comprising a combined
41.9% of residents.
• The median age of residents in both
Community Areas has increased since the
2000 Census. The median in Portage Park
is now 36.5 years and Irving Park is 34.1
years. These figures are slightly older than the
median age for the City of Chicago, which is
33.1 years.
Population Trends
More than 117,000 people reside in the Portage
Park and Irving Park Community Areas. The
populations in both Community Areas have
declined slightly during the past decade.
According to the 2010 Census, Portage Park’s
population now stands at 64,124, down from
65,340 in 2000; Irving Park has a 2010 total of
53,359 residents, which is also down from 2000
total of 58,643.
Figure 7 (see following page) presents 2010
Census data and estimates of selected demographic
characteristics for the Portage Park and Irving
Park community areas. A few of the key points
are highlighted below:
• Portage Park and Irving Park are
predominantly family-oriented, with
67.9% and 59.8% of all households,
respectively, identified as families.
Approximately one-third of all
households in the combined area have
children under the age of 18 living at
home.
• Of the total combined population of
117,483, more than two-thirds identified
their race as White alone. People of
Polish and other eastern European
ancestries are well represented in this
population. Hispanics represent the
largest minority group in these two
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