Woodlawn, Chicago
Woodlawn | |
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| Community Area 42 – Woodlawn | |
The Strand Hotel, a NRHP listed apartment hotel on Cottage Grove Avenue. | |
Location within the city of Chicago | |
| Coordinates: 41°47′N 87°36′W / 41.783°N 87.600°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| City | Chicago |
| Neighborhoods | List
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| Area | |
• Total | 2.07 sq mi (5.36 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 24,425 |
| • Density | 11,800/sq mi (4,560/km2) |
| Demographics 2020 | |
| • White | 8.2% |
| • Black | 82.3% |
| • Hispanic | 2.9% |
| • Asian | 3.4% |
| • Other | 3.3% |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | parts of 60637 |
| Median household income 2018 | $26,415 |
| Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services | |
Woodlawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is near the shore of Lake Michigan 8.5 miles (13.7 km) south of the Loop.
The community area is bounded by the lake to the east, 60th Street to the north, King Drive to the west and 67th Street to the south, and a small area that lies south of 67th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and South Chicago Avenue. Locals sometimes divide the neighborhood along Cottage Grove into East and West Woodlawn.
Woodlawn contains a large portion of Jackson Park, including the site of the under-construction Barack Obama Presidential Center. The neighborhood is also home to a number of educational institutions: Hyde Park Career Academy, Mount Carmel High School, Chicago Theological Seminary, and the southern portion of the campus of the University of Chicago – including the Law School, the Harris School of Public Policy, the School of Social Service Administration, and the University of Chicago Press.