South Deering is community area 51, one of Chicago’s 77 official community areas as defined by the City of Chicago. It borders Burnside, Calumet Heights, East Side, Hegewisch, Pullman, Riverdale and South Chicago. It covers about 10.9 square miles.
No ‘L’ station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is 95th/Dan Ryan (Red Line), about 3.6 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.
No Metra station sits inside its boundary. The nearest is the Metra station 111th St. (Pullman), about 2.1 miles in a straight line from the center of the area.
CTA bus routes that run through it: J14 Jeffery Jump, 15 Jeffery Local, 26 South Shore Express, 28 Stony Island, 71 71st/South Shore, 95 95th, 100 Jeffery Manor Express, 106 East 103rd and 111A Pullman Shuttle.
Chicago Park District land inside its boundary totals about 619 acres across 11 parks. The largest are Big Marsh Park (292 acres), Park No. 565 (143 acres), Byrnes Park (141 acres), Trumbull Park (18 acres) and Park No. 597 (10 acres).
Chicago Public Library branch inside its boundary: Jeffery Manor. Divvy has 7 bike-share stations in service inside its boundary.
It falls within the 7th and 10th 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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