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South Shore

South Shore is one of 77 defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States. A predominantly African-American neighborhood on the city's South Side, the area is named for its location along the city's southern lakefront. Although South Shore has seen a greater than 40% decrease in residents since Chicago's population peaked in the 1950s, the area remains one of the most densely populated neighborhoods on the South Side. The community benefits from its location along the waterfront, its accessibility to Lake Shore Drive, and its proximity to major institutions and attractions such as the University of Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry, and Jackson Park. (Source: Wikipedia)

Housing stock map

See the share of the area's total housing units that are in single family homes, condominiums, two-to-four unit buildings, buildings with five to 49 units, and buildings with 50 units or more.


The Composition of Cook County’s Housing Market >

Housing market indicators

All of these property level data sets are connected to parcel-level data files from the county Assessors offices that include data on every parcel in the Chicago metropolitan area. All of these parcel-level data sets include historical data and are updated on a regular basis ranging from every week to every year depending on the data set.

Housing Stock Composition

The composition of a neighborhood's housing stock determines the appropriate targeted strategies for stabilizing local housing markets.

Housing Units by Property Type

The composition of a neighborhood's housing stock determines the appropriate targeted strategies for stabilizing local housing markets.


Property Type 2023
Single Family 12.3%
Condominium 10.5%
Building with 2-4 Units 15.0%
Building with 5+ Units 62.3%


Property Sales Activity

This indicator provides information on how active local residential property markets are, what types of properties are being purchased, who is buying them, and how much buyers are paying for properties.

Total Sales Activity

This is the total number of property sales in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for total sales activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 986 877 656 385 378 390 341 379 492 504 453 522 516 608 494 493 502 568 397
Single Family 293 281 184 140 138 115 105 105 148 146 144 172 168 187 147 142 148 178 141
Condominium 413 350 304 145 123 146 114 135 161 168 124 141 130 157 144 144 136 159 121
Building with 2-4 Units 201 178 103 63 91 98 81 88 111 99 110 129 139 155 139 116 128 130 74
Building with 5+ Units 79 68 65 37 26 31 41 51 72 91 75 80 79 109 64 91 90 101 61


Sales per 100 Residential Parcels

This indicator allows users to compare the level of property sales activity across geographies. This data point represents the total number of sales on all residential parcels divided by the total number of residential parcels in a given year, multiplied by 100.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 9.9 8.8 6.6 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.4 3.8 5.1 5.2 4.7 5.5 5.4 6.4 5.2 5.2 5.4 6.1 4.3


Share of Sales, Business Buyers

This represents a range of investor types from small mom-and-pop investors to large Wall Street-traded equity funds. Heightened levels of single family homes purchased by business buyers is often indicative of a distressed and low priced inventory of homes, and low demand for owner-occupied housing in a neighborhood. In Cook County, this data point is available as the share of total sales activity where the buyer was a business entity by property type (single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units). Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 16.8% 14.8% 15.9% 24.9% 36.8% 39.5% 41.1% 43.0% 49.8% 48.4% 47.2% 46.4% 42.1% 48.4% 46.4% 47.3% 37.3% 44.9% 47.1%
Single Family 16.7% 12.5% 10.3% 26.4% 35.5% 33.9% 36.2% 35.2% 38.5% 35.6% 38.9% 36.6% 35.7% 40.1% 38.1% 26.8% 28.4% 37.1% 39.7%
Condominium 6.8% 7.7% 5.6% 12.4% 27.6% 34.2% 34.2% 37.0% 41.6% 39.9% 32.3% 33.3% 31.5% 46.5% 43.1% 51.4% 23.5% 40.3% 43.0%
Building with 2-4 Units 15.4% 10.1% 16.5% 19.0% 34.1% 39.8% 33.3% 36.4% 51.4% 44.4% 47.3% 45.0% 32.4% 31.6% 36.7% 29.3% 24.2% 24.6% 29.7%
Building with 5+ Units 73.4% 73.5% 78.5% 78.4% 96.2% 83.9% 87.8% 86.3% 88.9% 89.0% 88.0% 92.5% 89.9% 89.0% 93.8% 95.6% 91.1% 92.1% 93.4%


Share of Sales, Extremely Low Value

This represents the percent of sales that were purchased for less than $20,000 in a given year. In Cook County, this data point is available as the share of total sales activity that sold for less than $20,000 by property type (single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units). Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 1.0% 0.6% 0.5% 4.7% 22.5% 25.6% 21.1% 24.8% 19.1% 16.1% 14.8% 10.2% 7.9% 5.1% 5.7% 1.2% 1.2% 2.3% 1.8%
Single Family 1.4% 0.7% 0.5% 7.1% 26.1% 20.0% 13.3% 22.9% 18.9% 11.6% 21.5% 14.0% 11.9% 7.0% 4.8% 2.1% 2.7% 1.1% 2.1%
Condominium 1.2% 0.9% 0.7% 2.1% 28.5% 43.2% 42.1% 43.7% 31.7% 32.1% 24.2% 17.7% 13.8% 9.6% 11.1% 1.4% 1.5% 5.0% 2.5%
Building with 2-4 Units 0.5% -- -- -- 15.4% 14.3% 12.3% 11.4% 11.7% 8.1% 5.5% 1.6% 2.2% 1.9% 3.6% 0.9% -- 2.3% 1.4%
Building with 5+ Units -- -- -- 13.5% -- -- -- 2.0% 2.8% 2.2% -- 2.5% -- -- -- -- -- -- --


Mortgage Activity

These data measure the flow of mortgage credit into an area and indicates the level of lender investment. The level of mortgage activity in a neighborhood relative to other areas can assess how access to credit has changed over time in a community and how the flow of credit differs across geographies and for different property types.

Total Mortgage Activity

This is the total number of mortgages in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for total mortgage activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 2,814 2,862 2,116 1,079 570 408 365 478 520 458 483 561 592 617 603 639 937 727 515
Single Family 1,027 1,102 779 434 284 211 171 197 223 190 203 240 250 222 233 281 425 278 190
Condominium 927 895 723 299 110 68 55 105 115 73 72 76 67 68 77 59 117 108 77
Building with 2-4 Units 643 663 387 208 128 80 90 101 111 103 121 140 159 206 189 199 272 222 158
Building with 5+ Units 217 202 227 138 48 49 49 75 71 92 87 105 116 121 104 100 123 119 90


Mortgages per 100 Residential Parcels

This indicator allows users to compare the level of mortgage activity across geographies. This data point represents the total number of mortgage liens on all residential parcels divided by the total number of residential parcels in a given year, multiplied by 100.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 28.3 28.7 21.2 10.8 5.7 4.1 3.7 4.8 5.4 4.7 5.1 5.9 6.2 6.5 6.4 6.8 10.0 7.8 5.5


Foreclosure Filing Activity

This is an indicator of distress in a local housing market and viewing changing levels of activity allows for an understanding of the evolving nature of the foreclosure crisis in a neighborhood.

Total Foreclosure Filings Activity

This is the total number of new foreclosure filings in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for foreclosure filing activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 222 380 524 535 477 473 445 461 284 233 204 202 167 161 143 83 42 123 113
Single Family 108 159 207 165 135 162 121 174 96 93 79 83 73 68 61 36 17 50 41
Condominium 55 107 167 220 185 176 202 158 106 69 71 50 54 37 29 18 10 31 33
Building with 2-4 Units 51 93 130 128 112 92 93 92 64 48 43 52 35 46 44 21 10 39 33
Building with 5+ Units 8 21 20 22 45 43 29 37 18 23 11 17 5 10 9 8 5 3 6


Foreclosure Filings per 100 Residential Parcels

This indicator allows users to compare the level of foreclosure filing activity across geographies. This data point represents the total number of foreclosure filings on all residential parcels divided by the total number of residential parcels in a given year, multiplied by 100.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 2.2 3.8 5.3 5.4 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.6 2.9 2.4 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.4 1.3 1.2


Cumulative Foreclosure Filings Activity

Annual levels of foreclosure filing activity likely do not convey the impact that foreclosure has had in a particular community, as geographies vary in density and size, and the drivers behind the Great Recession foreclosure crisis led to very different annual patterns of foreclosure filing activity across the region. This indicator represents the cumulative impact of foreclosure in a neighborhood measured as the unique share of residential properties that have had at least one foreclosure filing since 2005.


Property Type 2023
All Residential Properties 41.8%


Foreclosure Auctions

These are properties that have completed the foreclosure process. Understanding foreclosure auction activity helps determine the flow of year-over-year of REO (real estate owned) properties into a market, how third-party demand at auctions differs based on property types, and the density of REO activity across geographies. The level of completed foreclosure auctions activity in a neighborhood indicates distress in a local housing market.

Total Auction Activity

This is the total number of completed foreclosure auctions in a given year. In Cook County, data are broken out separately for total auction activity on single family homes, condominium units, two-to-four unit buildings, and in buildings with five or more units. Outside of Cook County, data are for all residential parcels.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 66 82 173 306 247 237 159 171 231 210 162 111 112 95 69 10 17 58 40
Single Family 37 31 71 106 73 61 45 44 79 62 66 34 46 40 28 6 6 28 13
Condominium 12 26 57 115 99 108 54 82 108 88 52 38 35 29 25 1 4 20 9
Building with 2-4 Units 17 21 38 74 70 45 33 35 35 41 33 33 30 23 15 3 5 10 13
Building with 5+ Units -- 4 7 11 5 23 27 10 9 19 11 6 1 3 1 -- 2 -- 5


Share of Auctions Resulting in REO

This is the percent of completed foreclosure auctions in a given geography where there were no bidders and the property became bank-owned REO (real estate owned).


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 80.3% 82.9% 92.5% 98.4% 98.8% 98.3% 94.3% 91.2% 92.6% 91.0% 92.0% 87.4% 81.3% 85.3% 87.0% 80.0% 88.2% 82.8% 95.0%
Single Family 67.6% 77.4% 98.6% 97.2% 98.6% 95.1% 95.6% 79.5% 89.9% 88.7% 93.9% 94.1% 80.4% 92.5% 100.0% 83.3% 100.0% 89.3% 84.6%
Condominium 100.0% 80.8% 86.0% 100.0% 100.0% 99.1% 96.3% 96.3% 97.2% 97.7% 96.2% 89.5% 88.6% 79.3% 72.0% -- 100.0% 95.0% 100.0%
Building with 2-4 Units 94.1% 90.5% 92.1% 97.3% 97.1% 100.0% 84.8% 94.3% 91.4% 87.8% 90.9% 78.8% 76.7% 82.6% 86.7% 100.0% 80.0% 40.0% 100.0%
Building with 5+ Units -- 100.0% 85.7% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 90.0% 66.7% 73.7% 63.6% 83.3% -- 66.7% 100.0% -- 50.0% -- 100.0%


REO per 100 Residential Parcels

This indicator allows users to compare the level of REO activity across geographies. This data point represents the total number of auctions resulting in REO status on all residential parcels divided by the total number of residential parcels in a given year, multiplied by 100.


Property Type 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
All Residential Properties 0.5 0.7 1.6 3.0 2.4 2.3 1.5 1.6 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.4


Population and Age

Reflects the composition of a community's population by age.

Population and Age

Reflects the composition of a community's population by age.


Indicator Value
Total Population 53,124
Share of Population Aged under 18 22.2%
Share of Population Aged 18 to 44 38.1%
Share of Population Aged 45 to 64 23.5%
Share of Population Aged over 65 16.2%


Race and Ethnicity

The composition of a community's population by respondent race and ethnicity.

Race and Ethnicity

The composition of a community's population by respondent race and ethnicity.


Indicator Value
Share of Population that is White 2.6%
Share of Population that is African American 92.5%
Share of Population that is Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
Share of Population that is Asian 0.4%
Share of Population that is Some Other Race 1.4%


Household Income

Represents the composition of households by income in a particular geography.

Household Income

Represents the composition of households by income in a particular geography.


Indicator Value
Total Households 24,804
Share of Households with Income Less than $25,000 33.6%
Share of Households with Income $25,000 to $50,000 23.7%
Share of Households with Income $50,000 to $100,000 28.6%
Share of Households with Income $100,000 or More 14.1%


Poverty Rate

Reflects the share of the population that is below a current poverty threshold.

Share of Population that is under the Poverty Level


Indicator Value
Share of Population that is under the Poverty Level 30.7%


Resident Tenure

The composition of households by tenure indicates the share of households that rent versus the share of households that own.

Total Households

Represents the composition of households by tenure.


Indicator Value
Total Households 24,804


Share of Households that are Owner-Occupied

The composition of households by tenure indicates the share of households that rent versus the share of households that own.


Indicator Value
Share of Households that are Owner-Occupied 23.7%


Share of Households that are Renter-Occupied

The composition of households by tenure indicates the share of households that rent versus the share of households that own.


Indicator Value
Share of Households that are Renter-Occupied 76.3%


Cost Burdened Households

A household is considered to be cost-burdened when more than 30 percent of its income is spent on mortgage, rent, or other housing needs.

Share of Owner-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened


Indicator Value
Share of Owner-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened 29.8%


Share of Renter-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened

A household is considered to be cost-burdened when more than 30 percent of its income is spent on mortgage, rent, or other housing needs.


Indicator Value
Share of Renter-Occupied Households that are Cost-Burdened 57.6%


Share of All Households that are Cost-Burdened


Indicator Value
Share of All Households that are Cost-Burdened 50.8%