Calumet Heights is community area 48, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Avalon Park, Burnside, South Chicago and South Deering. It covers about 1.8 square miles.
No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is 95th/Dan Ryan (Red Line), about 2.7 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.
No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station South Chicago (93rd), about 1.3 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.
CTA bus routes that run through it: J14 Jeffery Jump, 15 Jeffery Local, 28 Stony Island, 30 South Chicago, 71 71st/South Shore, 87 87th and 95 95th.
Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 22 acres across 2 parks. The largest are Owens Park (18 acres) and Dougherty Park (3.1 acres).
No Chicago Public Library branch sits inside its boundary. Divvy has 3 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.
City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: Calumet Hts/Avalon (SSA #50).
It falls within the 7th and 8th 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).
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