West Garfield Park, Chicago

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West Garfield Park (Chicago, Illinois)

Community Area 26 - West Garfield Park Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	41°52.8′N, 87°43.8′W
Neighborhoods	West Garfield Park
ZIP Code	parts of 60624
Area	3.32 km² (1.28 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	23,019 (down 4.47% from 1990) 6,943.5 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	0.58% 98.02% 0.87% 0.08% 0.45%
Median income	$23,121
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

West Garfield Park located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. The area has also undergone some gentrification in its northern boundaries but not to the same degree as East Garfield Park, Chicago. Though the real-estate boom of the early 2000's had brought early optimism that residential and business redevelopment would revitalize the area, it evaporated soon after, and by 2007 West Garfield Park had the fifth highest percentage of foreclosures per square mile in all of Chicago.^[1].

[edit] References

1. ^ http://media1.suntimes.com/multimedia/chicagoforeclosures.pdf_20071204_02_26_57_3.imageContent

[edit] External links

• Official City of Chicago West Garfield Park Community Map

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