North Lawndale Resident Mobility — 2024

Overview

This section analyzes foot-traffic originating from North Lawndale residents across all months of 2024.
We track where residents go, distinguishing destinations inside North Lawndale from those elsewhere within Chicago.

  • The table summarizes destinations visited by North Lawndale residents, split into:
    • Inside North Lawndale
    • Outside North Lawndale (within Chicago)
  • The interactive map then visualizes these destinations.

Together, the table and map show which types of places attract North Lawndale residents and where those places are located in the city.

Table 1- — Inbound of North Lawndale Residents (2024)

Table 1. North Lawndale–origin visits by category and destination (Inside vs Outside NL), 2024
Visits
NL Visitors per POI
Totals
Category Destination NL Visitors Unique POIs Visitors/POI Category Total Share (%)
Healthcare & Social Assistance Inside NL 118,174 49 2,411.7 1,058,741 11.2%
Healthcare & Social Assistance Outside NL 940,567 3,363 279.7 1,058,741 88.8%
Retail Trade Inside NL 368,709 58 6,357.1 881,718 41.8%
Retail Trade Outside NL 513,009 2,773 185.0 881,718 58.2%
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing Inside NL 328,751 3 109,583.7 487,385 67.5%
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing Outside NL 158,634 1,007 157.5 487,385 32.5%
Accommodation & Food Services Inside NL 165,176 29 5,695.7 404,149 40.9%
Accommodation & Food Services Outside NL 238,973 2,622 91.1 404,149 59.1%
Education Inside NL 298,696 26 11,488.3 401,106 74.5%
Education Outside NL 102,410 526 194.7 401,106 25.5%
Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Inside NL 9,233 8 1,154.1 328,293 2.8%
Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Outside NL 319,060 3,793 84.1 328,293 97.2%
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Inside NL 185,173 12 15,431.1 325,136 57.0%
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Outside NL 139,963 991 141.2 325,136 43.0%
Other Services Inside NL 90,535 100 905.4 227,642 39.8%
Other Services Outside NL 137,107 2,398 57.2 227,642 60.2%
Public Administration Inside NL 66,297 8 8,287.1 104,233 63.6%
Public Administration Outside NL 37,936 239 158.7 104,233 36.4%
Finance & Insurance Inside NL 12,078 6 2,013.0 97,226 12.4%
Finance & Insurance Outside NL 85,148 985 86.4 97,226 87.6%
Manufacturing Inside NL 35,747 35 1,021.3 91,754 39.0%
Manufacturing Outside NL 56,007 758 73.9 91,754 61.0%
Construction Inside NL 49,148 10 4,914.8 82,594 59.5%
Construction Outside NL 33,446 382 87.6 82,594 40.5%
Transportation & Warehousing Inside NL 2,354 5 470.8 60,921 3.9%
Transportation & Warehousing Outside NL 58,567 522 112.2 60,921 96.1%
Information & Media Inside NL 10,269 9 1,141.0 53,517 19.2%
Information & Media Outside NL 43,248 347 124.6 53,517 80.8%
Administrative & Support + Waste Mgmt Inside NL 1,428 5 285.6 44,268 3.2%
Administrative & Support + Waste Mgmt Outside NL 42,840 531 80.7 44,268 96.8%
Utilities Outside NL 3,816 4 954.0 3,816 100.0%
Wholesale Trade Inside NL 1,028 3 342.7 2,323 44.3%
Wholesale Trade Outside NL 1,295 43 30.1 2,323 55.7%
Corporate HQ (Mgmt of Companies) Outside NL 1,266 24 52.8 1,266 100.0%
Tabulations: Great Cities Institute.
Data Source: SafeGraph via Dewey Data (Advan Research Monthly Patterns), 2024. Visitor counts are aggregated across all months of 2024; shares and Visitors/POI are within-category (Inside vs Outside NL).

MAP 1 — POIs visited by North Lawndale residents (dots only, Chicago)

MAP 2 — Total Visitor Counts (by Community Area) + Density + Dots

MAP 3 — Visitors per POI (5 bins) + clustered POIs scaled by visits

North Lawndale POI Visitors Mobility — 2024

Overview

This section analyzes inbound visits to North Lawndale POIs during 2024 from Chicago residents.
Counts are attributed to the home community area of the visitors and restricted to origins within Chicago.

  • Table 2 reports total inbound visits to North Lawndale, the number of unique NL POIs visited, a simple visitors-per-POI normalization, and each origin community’s share of all inbound.
  • The maps visualize origin patterns in two ways:
    1. Total inbound visits by origin community area, and
    2. Inbound rate per 1,000 residents (ACS 2019–2023 population), to normalize for community size.
      POIs inside North Lawndale are shown as clustered points that expand on zoom.

Together, the table and maps show which Chicago communities send the most visitors to North Lawndale and how those flows look with and without population normalization.

TABLE 2 — Inbound to North Lawndale (2024)

Table 2. Visits to North Lawndale POIs by Chicago origin community (2024)
Visits
Normalized
Totals
Home Community Inbound Visits to NL (2024) Unique NL POIs Visited Visitors per POI Share of All Inbound
North Lawndale 1,740,629 365 4,768.80 69.4%
East Garfield Park 116,465 227 513.10 4.6%
South Lawndale 92,449 257 359.70 3.7%
Brighton Park 70,500 146 482.90 2.8%
Austin 68,476 268 255.50 2.7%
West Garfield Park 63,127 181 348.80 2.5%
Near West Side 36,941 227 162.70 1.5%
Gage Park 33,156 82 404.30 1.3%
Lower West Side 32,805 134 244.80 1.3%
Belmont Cragin 29,310 130 225.50 1.2%
Humboldt Park 28,266 209 135.20 1.1%
Woodlawn 24,207 81 298.90 1.0%
Chicago Lawn 14,184 159 89.20 0.6%
Near North Side 8,703 110 79.10 0.3%
Portage Park 7,581 76 99.80 0.3%
West Town 7,507 101 74.30 0.3%
Garfield Ridge 6,865 170 40.40 0.3%
Loop 6,795 86 79.00 0.3%
Washington Heights 6,438 59 109.10 0.3%
Clearing 5,835 47 124.10 0.2%
Auburn Gresham 5,717 115 49.70 0.2%
Ashburn 5,636 107 52.70 0.2%
West Englewood 5,284 112 47.20 0.2%
Norwood Park 5,175 50 103.50 0.2%
Mount Greenwood 4,387 73 60.10 0.2%
South Shore 4,364 105 41.60 0.2%
Logan Square 4,331 124 34.90 0.2%
New City 3,986 117 34.10 0.2%
Hermosa 3,908 90 43.40 0.2%
Albany Park 3,894 87 44.80 0.2%
Roseland 3,476 93 37.40 0.1%
Kenwood 3,433 40 85.80 0.1%
Avondale 3,259 73 44.60 0.1%
Ohare 3,128 85 36.80 0.1%
Chatham 3,031 56 54.10 0.1%
West Elsdon 2,602 60 43.40 0.1%
West Lawn 2,546 85 30.00 0.1%
Calumet Heights 2,529 10 252.90 0.1%
Dunning 2,441 41 59.50 0.1%
Lincoln Park 2,325 47 49.50 0.1%
Montclare 2,284 46 49.70 0.1%
Greater Grand Crossing 2,223 74 30.00 0.1%
Irving Park 2,155 73 29.50 0.1%
Lake View 1,929 66 29.20 0.1%
Grand Boulevard 1,668 40 41.70 0.1%
Lincoln Square 1,639 55 29.80 0.1%
Englewood 1,579 67 23.60 0.1%
Jefferson Park 1,523 20 76.20 0.1%
South Deering 1,336 45 29.70 0.1%
West Ridge 1,280 50 25.60 0.1%
Washington Park 1,276 55 23.20 0.1%
Edison Park 1,070 23 46.50 0.0%
Morgan Park 1,056 38 27.80 0.0%
West Pullman 1,038 56 18.50 0.0%
Archer Heights 1,014 57 17.80 0.0%
Bridgeport 937 59 15.90 0.0%
Avalon Park 821 24 34.20 0.0%
Fuller Park 796 16 49.80 0.0%
Forest Glen 763 25 30.50 0.0%
Douglas 757 52 14.60 0.0%
Uptown 724 45 16.10 0.0%
Armour Square 696 23 30.30 0.0%
Hyde Park 654 36 18.20 0.0%
Edgewater 644 42 15.30 0.0%
South Chicago 619 22 28.10 0.0%
Pullman 582 27 21.60 0.0%
Rogers Park 471 37 12.70 0.0%
North Center 440 36 12.20 0.0%
East Side 420 33 12.70 0.0%
Beverly 283 10 28.30 0.0%
Hegewisch 251 23 10.90 0.0%
Riverdale 220 14 15.70 0.0%
Oakland 191 4 47.80 0.0%
Mckinley Park 187 19 9.80 0.0%
North Park 152 14 10.90 0.0%
Burnside 129 5 25.80 0.0%
Near South Side 107 11 9.70 0.0%

Map 4- Unique POIS

MAP 5 — Total Visitor Counts (by Community Area) + Density + Dots

MAP 6 — Inbound per 1,000 residents (ACS 2019–2023)