Austin

Austin is community area 25, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Belmont Cragin, Humboldt Park, Montclare, North Lawndale and West Garfield Park. It covers about 7.1 square miles.

‘L’ stations inside its boundary: Central (Green Line), Austin (Green Line), Laramie (Green Line), Cicero (Green Line) and Cicero (Blue Line).

Metra station inside its boundary: Mars. The Metra station Mont Clare sits on its boundary with Montclare. The Metra station Galewood sits on its boundary with Belmont Cragin. The Metra station Hanson Park sits on its boundary with Belmont Cragin. The Metra station Grand/Cicero sits on its boundary with Belmont Cragin.

CTA bus routes that run through it: 7 Harrison, 12 Roosevelt, 20 Madison, 54 Cicero, 57 Laramie, 65 Grand, 66 Chicago, 70 Division, 72 North, 85 Central, 86 Narragansett/Ridgeland, 90 Harlem, 91 Austin and 126 Jackson.

Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 209 acres across 18 parks. The largest are Columbus Park (141 acres), La Follette Park (19 acres), Amundsen Park (17 acres), Levin Park (7.0 acres) and Rutherford Sayre Park (13 acres).

Chicago Public Library branches inside its boundary: Austin, North Austin and West Chicago Avenue. Divvy has 31 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.

City Special Service Area commercial district covering part of it: Village:AustinChgoAvCCorr (SSA #72).

It falls within the 24th, 28th, 29th, and 37th 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).