West Town

West Town is community area 24, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders East Garfield Park, Humboldt Park, Lincoln Park, Logan Square, Near North Side and Near West Side. It covers about 4.6 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Damen (Blue Line), Division (Blue Line), Chicago (Blue Line) and Grand (Blue Line).

Metra station inside its boundary: Western Ave.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 8 Halsted, 9 Ashland, X9 Ashland Express, 49 Western, X49 Western Express, 50 Damen, 56 Milwaukee, 65 Grand, 66 Chicago, 70 Division, 72 North and 94 California.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 258 acres across 18 parks. The largest are Humboldt Park (211 acres), Bloomingdale Trail Park (17 acres), Smith Park (11 acres), Eckhart Park (8.8 acres) and Wicker Park (4.7 acres).

Chicago Public Library branches inside its boundary: Bucktown-Wicker Park and West Town. Divvy has 58 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial districts covering part of it: West Town-2014 (SSA #29) and Wicker Park (SSA #33).

It falls within the 1st, 26th, 27th, 32nd, and 36th Wards.

Sources: City of Chicago open data portal (community area and ward boundaries, ‘L’ stations, Chicago Park District parks, CTA bus routes, Chicago Public Library branches, Divvy stations, Special Service Areas); Metra station locations derived from Cook County Assessor parcel proximity data (2025).