Chicago has always been a city of diverse communities and neighborhoods. Now the differences in the demographics, health and safety, economic vitality, and education between communities has never been greater.
The McCormick Foundation has compiled available data by community to highlight these differences and trends across years. The data is from available public sources for any organization focused on creating more opportunity and better outcomes for those under-resourced communities that strive to thrive like Chicago’s more fortunate communities to help create a more fair and vibrant city for us all.
How We Use Data
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation uses data to make informed choices and measure impact. We collect and analyze information to support our partners and hold ourselves accountable to creating lasting, positive impact through our investments.
Our community partners use data that is specific to their neighborhoods and their priorities to achieve their goals. To support their work, we have commissioned a dashboard that pulls data from a range of sources and creates a single destination with key educational and economic statistics.
We share our data sources below to support other efforts to build thriving communities and spark collaboration.
Chicago Community Dashboard
The Chicago Community Dashboard measures statistics in dozens of categories and allows users to see the data in the context of other neighborhoods and the city as a whole. Explore key trends, economic health and safety, economic vitality, education and more with this fully interactive analytics platform.
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More Data Sources
EDUCATION
A Better Chicago Youth Opportunity Dashboard
The Youth Opportunity Dashboard tracks a holistic set of critical youth outcomes across Chicago, uniting communities and youth-serving organizations with the data they need to ensure youth are connected to opportunity and prepared for success in school, career and life.
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EDUCATION
To&Through Project
The University of Chicago’s To&Through Project helps realize equitable learning experiences, pathways, and outcomes for CPS students from the middle grades through college graduation.
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ECONOMY
Mastercard Inclusive Growth Score
The Inclusive Growth Score unlocks data to help communities thrive by providing local planners, governments, and impact investors with a clear, simple view of economic and social indicators for any census tract in the United States.
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HEALTH
Chicago Health Atlas
The Chicago Health Atlas was created so that anybody can review, explore and compare health-related data over time and across communities. In addition, the Atlas provides a place for residents to see progress implementing Healthy Chicago, the citywide plan to improve health equity.
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