Chicago community area 52

East Side

City	Chicago, Cook County
Corridors	Calumet
ZIP codes	60617
Data as of	CMAP 2026 release

East Side (filled), neighbouring community areas, City industrial corridors (tinted pine, darker where they cross East Side) and intermodal rail ramps (squares).

East Side is Chicago community area 52. The City's Calumet industrial corridor covers about 511 acres of it. Industrial land is 110 acres, 5.8% of the area, 24th of the 59 community areas on this site. LEHD counted 1,562 jobs located here in 2023; the 2020 Census counted 21,763 residents. The nearest intermodal rail ramp is Calumet, 2.3 mi from the area's centre.

110

Industrial acres, 5.8% of land (2023)^[1]

1,562

Jobs located here (LEHD 2023)^[1]

21,763

Residents, 2020 Census^[1]

City industrial corridors inside^[3]

2.3 mi

To Calumet rail ramp^[5]

Industrial corridors inside East Side
Corridor	Acres inside East Side
Calumet	511

Acres computed from the overlap of the City's corridor and community-area boundaries.

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What sets East Side apart

Transport, utility and right-of-way land (814 acres) outweighs industrial land here, a pattern you see where rail yards, expressways or the river take up much of the map.

East Side has 21,763 residents and 1,562 jobs, so loading docks here tend to sit close to homes. Street access and loading hours can matter as much as count when a truck is booked.

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Sources

CMAP Community Data Snapshots 2026. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Population from the 2020 Census (P.L. 94-171); jobs located in the place from LEHD 2023 (primary jobs); private-sector jobs from IDES Where Workers Work 2025; land use from the CMAP 2023 Land Use Inventory; industrial equalized assessed value from the Illinois Department of Revenue, 2024.
City of Chicago: Boundaries, Community Areas. Chicago Data Portal.
City of Chicago: Boundaries, Industrial Corridors (current). Chicago Data Portal, January 2013 corridor boundaries (data table 3tu3-iesz). The City has since revised parts of some corridors under its Industrial Corridor Modernization work; this map shows the published dataset.
City of Chicago: Boundaries, ZIP Codes. Chicago Data Portal. A ZIP is listed for a community area when it covers at least 10% of the area.
BTS National Transportation Atlas Database: Intermodal Freight Facilities, Rail TOFC/COFC. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, compiled 2018 and updated July 2022. Distances are straight-line miles from the place's internal point to the facility point.
Natural Earth 1:10m lakes. Lake Michigan outline for the maps. Public domain.

Last reviewed 2026-10-27. Not legal advice and not a price quote. See how the figures are built.