Rogers Park

Rogers Park is situated in the northern most part of Chicago and is bordered on one side by Lake Michigan. For over a decade, Rogers Park has seen nearly ceaseless restoration and restoration projects, with about one hundred projects finished per year, on average, all in an effort to satisfy the housing demand created by its tremendous draw.

There are over thirty parks and beaches in the community offering an assortment of services and activities, including a little zoo in Indian Boundary Park and an excellent skate park in Warren Park. In the summer, the plentiful beach real estate is littered with people soaking up the sun or going for a swim.

Rogers Park is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city in terms of age, income, and ethnicity. More than 80 different languages are spoken in Rogers Park. Add to this the students of Loyola University’s Lake Shore Campus and you have a neighborhood with a perpetual influx of new life and ideas. Most students live close to campus, so the rest of the neighborhood is left to professionals and families. The area supports an active nightlife and a large number of places to shop and eat.

Transportation is plentiful, with several CTA train stations in the neighborhood. There are Red Line stops at Loyola, Howard, and Morse, and Purple and Yellow lines provide access to the northern suburbs from the Howard stop. CTA and Pace busses provide local transport, while the Metra trains have a stop at Ravenswood Avenue.

House prices begin at a very affordable $85,000 and run to an extravagant $800,000.