Edgewater Census Totals

Edgewater Community (Chicago) Total for All Census Tracts*


 1930 1934 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Total population 53,928 NA 55,981 54,606 51,579 61,598 58,561 60,703 62,198 56,521

Population in households 51,518 52,706 55,473 52,370 50,293 59,743 56,397 59,992 60,933 53,813












Group quarters population** 2,410 NA 508 2,236 1,286 1,855 2,164 711 1,265 2,708

Share of total 4.5% NA 0.9% 4.1% 2.5% 3.0% 3.7% 1.2% 2.0% 4.8%












Foreign born population*** 11,396 NA 10,048 8,294 10,019 13,121 17,002 16,722 22,458 17,868

Share of total 21.1% NA 17.9% 15.2% 19.4% 21.3% 29.0% 27.5% 36.1% 31.6%











Average persons per household 3.29 3.12 3.11 2.67 2.31 2.07 1.92 1.99 1.97 1.82











Population 15 years & older 45,816 44,921 47,478 46,282 42,912 52,648 50,929 52,064 54,233 50,593

Married/separated 25,644 25,208 NA 28,785 24,441 27,172 21,041 20,052 22,202 16,811

Single 15,556 15,023 NA 11,081 10,911 15,635 19,406 22,341 23,735 26,709

Widowed/divorced 4,616 4,690 NA 6,416 7,927 9,841 10,482 9,671 8,296 7,073











Age distribution










Under 10 years 5,282 5,038 4,842 6,204 6,204 6,147 5,478 6,369 5,910 4,372

10 to 19 years 6,455 6,060 6,287 4,425 4,985 6,171 5,555 4,845 5,635 4,504

20 to 24 years 5,574 4,341 4,204 4,042 3,158 6,816 6,659 5,692 5,505 4,908

25 to 34 years 11,560 11,265 10,264 8,207 6,328 9,578 12,593 14,636 13,722 12,560

35 to 44 years 9,743 10,297 10,536 8,725 6,266 6,324 6,168 9,672 11,193 9,411

45 to 54 years 7,263 7,561 8,887 9,524 7,644 7,145 5,636 5,595 7,813 7,973

55 to 64 years 4,860 4,695 5,822 7,313 8,403 8,435 5,696 4,870 4,910 6,105

65 to 74 years 2,407 2,586 3,396 4,161 5,695 6,932 5,821 4,322 3,752 3,534

75 years & older 784 863 1,263 2,005 2,896 4,050 4,955 4,702 3,758 3,154











Total housing units 15,869 17,999 19,168 20,052 23,588 30,519 32,626 33,444 32,716 32,889

Occupied (households) 15,655 16,889 17,829 19,625 21,804 28,820 29,302 30,119 30,873 29,516

Owner 2,521 3,174 2,532 3,393 3,907 4,685 7,579 8,084 9,701 10,853

Renter 13,134 13,715 15,297 16,232 17,897 24,135 21,723 22,035 21,172 18,663

Vacant 214 1,110 1,412 427 1,784 1,699 3,324 3,325 1,843 3,373












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 15.9% 17.6% 13.2% 16.9% 16.6% 15.4% 23.2% 24.2% 29.7% 33.0%

Renter occupied 82.8% 76.2% 79.8% 80.9% 75.9% 79.1% 66.6% 65.9% 64.7% 56.7%

Vacant 1.3% 6.2% 7.4% 2.1% 7.6% 5.6% 10.2% 9.9% 5.6% 10.3%

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: 15 August 2013