Edgewater Census Year 1930

Edgewater Community (Chicago) Census Tracts for 1930*

Tract 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 Total
Total population 5,142 8,868 2,948 3,304 8,827 4,363 8,457 7,453 4,566 53,928

Population in households 4,877 8,806 2,932 3,304 8,827 3,664 7,275 7,307 4,526 51,518












Group quarters population** 265 62 16 0 0 699 1,182 146 40 2,410

Share of total 5.2% 0.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 16.0% 14.0% 2.0% 0.9% 4.5%












Foreign born population*** 696 1,712 656 889 1,960 680 1,376 1,902 1,525 11,396

Share of total 13.5% 19.3% 22.3% 26.9% 22.2% 15.6% 16.3% 25.5% 33.4% 21.1%











Average persons per household 2.68 3.66 3.37 3.40 3.51 3.09 2.79 3.58 3.67 3.29











Population 15 years & older 4,546 7,348 2,352 2,620 7,388 3,854 7,701 6,423 3,584 45,816

Married/separated 2,563 4,085 1,545 1,714 4,188 2,105 3,850 3,420 2,174 25,644

Single 1,549 2,565 630 687 2,485 1,396 2,771 2,364 1,109 15,556

Widowed/divorced 434 698 177 219 715 353 1,080 639 301 4,616











Age distribution










Under 10 years 379 970 413 479 932 331 485 654 639 5,282

10 to 19 years 510 1,225 371 459 1,247 411 696 867 669 6,455

20 to 24 years 685 799 259 321 810 612 1,023 720 345 5,574

25 to 34 years 1,426 1,500 671 682 1,641 1,171 2,266 1,366 837 11,560

35 to 44 years 994 1,564 521 588 1,538 767 1,672 1,257 842 9,743

45 to 54 years 628 1,295 332 387 1,241 524 1,129 1,143 584 7,263

55 to 64 years 322 902 242 252 827 364 741 845 365 4,860

65 to 74 years 144 456 109 104 447 133 323 464 227 2,407

75 years & older 54 157 30 32 144 50 122 137 58 784











Total housing units 1,898 2,443 873 983 2,554 1,193 2,627 2,060 1,238 15,869

Occupied (households) 1,817 2,407 871 973 2,518 1,187 2,609 2,039 1,234 15,655

Owner 156 156 219 281 474 90 123 638 384 2,521

Renter 1,661 2,251 652 692 2,044 1,097 2,486 1,401 850 13,134

Vacant 81 36 2 10 36 6 18 21 4 214












Share of total units 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Owner occupied 8.2% 6.4% 25.1% 28.6% 18.6% 7.5% 4.7% 31.0% 31.0% 15.9%

Renter occupied 87.5% 92.1% 74.7% 70.4% 80.0% 92.0% 94.6% 68.0% 68.7% 82.8%

Vacant 4.3% 1.5% 0.2% 1.0% 1.4% 0.5% 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% 1.3%

Note: NA means data not available.

* For the 1930-1960 censuses this area was identified as census tracts 31 through 39; for the 1970-2010 censuses the area corresponded to census tracts 301 through 309, including 2010 sub-divisions of census tracts 301, 306 and 307.

** Group quarters population is persons living in housing units without individual kitchens. In Edgewater overall, more than 90% of the 1930 population in the non-household or group quarters category lived in apartment hotels and boarding houses, while in in 2010, almost 93% lived in college dormatories and various types of nursing facilties. The 1934 special census and the 1940 regular census for the most part did not survey the residents of group quarters housing.

*** Was a 100% sample question for the 1930 to 1960 censuses and a 17%-20% sample question thereafter.

Revision date: 7 August 2013