Archer Heights

Orange LinePink Line

Community Area #57

72

Walk Score

55

Transit Score

55

Bike Score

1

Cars needed

Estimated annual true-cost factors

Based on an example $2,000/month housing cost, 1 car needed (Transit Score 55), and an estimated 21-minute commute to the Loop.

Annual housing (example $2,000/mo)$24,000
Annual transportation$12,000
Annual commute time value$4,375
Subtotal, excl. property tax$40,375
Housing 59%Transportation 30%Commute time 11%

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About Archer Heights

Archer Heights is a small, tidy neighborhood along the Archer Avenue spine, long the heart of Polish Chicago's Southwest Side and now majority Mexican, with the bakeries and delis of both traditions still trading. It's quiet, residential, and unpretentious, with brick bungalows and two-flats on calm streets.

The Orange Line's Pulaski stop sits at the neighborhood's edge, delivering the Loop in about 20 minutes, and Midway is two stops away for travelers. One car is the household norm. Prices are among the most affordable of any rail-served neighborhood in Chicago. Archer Heights suits buyers who quietly noticed that the Orange Line corridor is the city's best value transit real estate.

Archer Heights offers moderate transit access: a single car per household is usually sufficient. One car typically covers the gap that transit leaves.

With a Walk Score of 72, Archer Heights is "Very Walkable": most errands can be accomplished on foot.

At roughly $12,000/year for 1 car, transportation is a moderate line item in Archer Heights's true cost. The neighborhood is served by the Orange, Pink lines.

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