List of neighborhoods in Chicago


Image:Austin [Town Hall.jpg|thumb|right|The Town Hall in Austin]
Image:Chicago meat inspection swift co 1906.jpg|thumb|right|The Back of the Yards neighborhood derived from the Union Stockyards, at one time a significant employer in Chicago. Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel The Jungle revolves around the life of a Lithuanian immigrant working the Stockyards named Jurgis Rudkus.
Image:WhiteEagleBrewingCompany.jpg|thumb|right|The now-demolished plant of the White Eagle Brewing Company was in Bridgeport and designed by architect John S. Flizikowski.
Image:Frederick C. Robie House.JPG|right|thumb|The Robie House in Hyde Park is a Frank Lloyd Wright design.
Image:Gateway Theatre.jpg|thumb|upright|The Copernicus Theatre's Solidarity Tower in Jefferson Park is a replica of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.
[Image:2005-03-15 1860x2480 chicago krause.jpg|thumb|upright|The Krause Music Store in Lincoln Square]
Image:Portage Park Two Flat.jpg|thumb|upright|A Portage Park two-flat, or Polish flat, in Chicago's Bungalow Belt
Image:St Wenceslaus in Chicago.JPG|right|thumb|Wacławowo is derived from the Polish name for the church of St. Wenceslaus. Photographer Richard Nickel was married here in 1950.
Image:Wrigley field 720.jpg|thumb|right|Wrigley Field, from which Wrigleyville gets its name, is home to the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
There were 178 official neighborhoods in 1993 in Chicago, although the current list contains more than 240 due to the ever changing complexities of the cities neighborhoods names and identities that evolve due to real estate development and changing culture. Chicago is also divided into 77 community areas which were drawn by University of Chicago researchers in the late 1920s to track demographics. Chicago's community areas are well-defined, generally contain multiple neighborhoods, and depending on the neighborhood, less commonly used by residents.