Portage Park

Portage Park is the bungalow belt at its best: block after block of brick Chicago bungalows around the 36-acre park that gives the neighborhood its name, with an Olympic-sized pool that hosted the 1959 Pan Am Games trials. Six Corners, the intersection of Irving Park, Cicero, and Milwaukee, was once the city's biggest shopping district outside the Loop and is slowly filling back in with new development.

Transit is bus-first: the Blue Line stops at Irving Park and Montrose on the neighborhood's eastern edge, reachable from some blocks, a bus ride from others. Most households run one car. Home prices remain some of the most attainable for buyers on the Northwest Side, which is why young families priced out of Irving Park and Avondale keep landing here and staying.

Portage Park 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 74, Portage Park 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 Portage Park's true cost. The neighborhood is served by the Blue line.