Paige Weber
Residential street in South Loop, Chicago

Neighborhood guide

South Loop

Museum Campus, the lake, and room to breathe

Overview

Living in South Loop

The South Loop offers scale that the North Side cannot — larger floor plans, wider streets, and immediate access to the Museum Campus and the lakefront.

Quiet weekends, easy parking, and one of the best skyline-and-lake combinations in the city.

Market snapshot

Median sale price
$425K
Price per sq ft
$355
Average days on market
64
Months of inventory
4.8 months

Market analysis

What the numbers mean here

Excellent square footage per dollar. Printers Row loft buildings and newer towers along Michigan Avenue serve very different buyers.

Local knowledge

Schools, tables, and green space

Schools

  • South Loop Elementary
  • Jones College Prep
  • National Teachers Academy

Restaurants

  • Acadia
  • Gioia
  • Kurah Mediterranean
  • Eleven City Diner

Coffee

  • Overflow Coffee
  • Hero Coffee Bar
  • Bridgeport Coffee

Parks

  • Grant Park
  • Northerly Island
  • Ping Tom Park
  • Museum Campus

Things to do

  • Field Museum
  • Shedd Aquarium
  • Adler Planetarium
  • Soldier Field

Local listings

Representative homes in South Loop

A sense of what your budget buys here today. Full inventory is available through the home search.

  • Printers Row Loft2 bed · 2 bath · timber & brick$439,000Active
  • Lakefront High-Rise3 bed · 2 bath · panoramic views$675,000Under Contract
  • Townhome with Garage3 bed · 2.1 bath · private entry$599,000Recently Sold
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Nearby

Neighborhoods worth comparing

Lincoln Park$1.35MOld Town$1.15MGold Coast$1.05MWest Loop$625K