News and events for Chicago's McKinley Park neighborhood

The land use tables include general land use composition, park access, and walkability for McKinley Park.

General Land Use, 2015

   Acres Percent 
Single-Family Residential  122.1 13.5%
Multi-Family Residential  108.1 11.9%
Commercial  62.1 6.9%
Industrial  159.5 17.6%
Institutional  24.7 2.7%
Mixed Use  11.8 1.3%
Transportation and Other  296.2 32.7%
Agricultural 0.0 0.0%
Open Space 73.7 8.1%
Vacant 47.0 5.2%
TOTAL 905.2 100.0%
Source: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning analysis of the 2015 Land Use Inventory.

Park Access, 2015

   McKinley Park
City of Chicago CMAP Region
Accessible Park Acreage per 1,000 Residents* 2.59 2.42 5.78
Source: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning analysis of the 2015 Park Access Layer.
*Neighborhood parks (smaller than 35 acres) are considered accessible for residents living within 0.5 miles; community parks (35 acres or larger) are considered accessible for residents living within 1 mile.

Walkability of Resident and Job Locations*, 2015

   McKinley Park
City of Chicago CMAP Region
High Walkability 82.0% 94.6% 40.5%
Moderate Walkability 18.0% 3.5% 23.8%
Low Walkability 0.0% 1.9% 35.8%
Source: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning analysis of the 2015 Walkability Layer.
*The CMAP Walkability Layer is based on several factors: the number of amenities within walking distance; population/employment density; bicycle/pedestrian crashes and fatalities; and physical characteristics (e.g., tree cover, block length). It does not currently account for the presence or absence of sidewalks. This table reports the share of residents plus jobs whose home and workplace locations, respectively, are within each Walkability Layer category.

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