What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Dearborn Park?
Dearborn Park is ranked #83 of 179 eligible neighborhoods in Chicago; #131 of 261 eligible neighborhoods in IL; and #5,068 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Dearborn Park
Chicago, IL | Cook County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
56.9
Stability and Strength
52.3
Value Opportunity
40.6
Momentum
87.2
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| County | Cook County |
| National rank | #5,068 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #131 of 261 |
| City rank | #83 of 179 |
| County rank | #88 of 190 |
| National percentile | 66.1 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $752,805 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 4.9% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.67% |
| Home value to income ratio | 8.75 |
| Median household income | $86,003 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 85.1% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 8.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 57.4% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 11.1% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 55.0% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Dearborn Park
Is Dearborn Park one of the best neighborhoods in Chicago?
Dearborn Park has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 56.9 and a city ranking of #83 of 179 eligible neighborhoods in Chicago.
How much are homes worth in Dearborn Park?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Dearborn Park is approximately $752,805.
Are home values rising or falling in Dearborn Park?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 4.9% year over year and 0.67% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Dearborn Park?
Dearborn Park has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 87.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Dearborn Park?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $86,003.
How affordable is Dearborn Park relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 8.75. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Dearborn Park primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 57.4%.
What is the unemployment rate in Dearborn Park?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 8.7%.
How educated are residents of Dearborn Park?
Approximately 85.1% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Dearborn Park face high rent burden?
Approximately 55.0% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Dearborn Park?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications93
Estimated originations58
Home-purchase applications66
Origination rate62.8%
Home-purchase share71.2%
Average application loan$648,681
Total application loan amount$60,145,173
National application rank#4,643 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 11.5% YoY; originations 13.7% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.