Logan Square

Logan Square is named after Civil War general and Illinois politician John Alexander Logan, who was born in 1826 in Murphysboro, IL in downstate Jackson County. He served as an Illinois senator, ran for Vice President of the United States and founded the national Memorial Day holiday.

Logan Square is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Chicago and its architecture and real estate reflect a mixture of the old and new. It started as a destination for wealthy immigrants who were well-served by the quality schools in the area. Logan Square's real estate market is booming, yet very reasonably priced. Logan Square real estate consists of houses, townhouses, condos, condo rentals, and apartments. The median home price of a Logan Square house is around $199,900. Median price for a two-bedroom apartment is $800/month. Condos range from $140,000 to $700,000, according to our recent MLS listings of Logan Square houses for sale. Quiet residential streets with smaller homes and two-and-three-flat greystones can be found as well as loft conversions and single-family residences. But the majority of Logan Square's residents continue to live in the community's many rental flats and apartments.

With relatively inexpensive housing available, Logan Square attracts students, artists, and working-class citizens. Today, Logan Square exhibits a vital ethnic and economic diversity. The neighborhood is home to a diverse population comprising Latinos (primarily Mexican and Puerto Rican, with some Cuban) and Eastern Europeans, as well as a younger "progressive" crowd comprising primarily white, college-educated artists and professionals primarily from middle-class backgrounds who are attracted to the diversity and "bohemian" lifestyle. The population is mostly Hispanic. By 1990, Hispanics made up almost two-thirds of Logan Square's population, comprising the largest Puerto Rican, Cuban, and South and Central American populations in Chicago, together with a sizable Mexican community. Logan Square has been the entry neighborhood for immigrants from Poland for many years. Milwaukee Avenue north of Diversey looks like it could be in Warsaw, Poland, with Polish restaurants, bakeries, taverns, clothing stores, book stores, delis and more. Logan Square is a neighborhood whose diversity and tolerance has always made for an integrated melting pot with a proud immigrant heritage while keeping a tasteful cosmopolitan flair.

Logan Square is well known for its boulevards, being very attractive, tree-lined streets housing Logan Square's finest houses, condos and townhouses. It is also home to the Congress Theatre (on 2135 N. Milwaukee), a national landmark and one of Logan Square's greatest architectural treasures.

Transportation and parking are easy to find in this neighborhood. Many houses have garage parking, and street parking in Logan Square is plentiful. Logan Square residents have easy access to the Kennedy Expressway and major thoroughfares such as Milwaukee Avenue and Fullerton Avenue. O'Hare International Airport is only 20 minutes away, while five CTA bus lines also pass through Logan Square. You can go downtown quickly on the Blue Line El train.

The community of Logan Square also includes Bucktown, which is located between North Avenue and Fullerton. There is a significant amount of shopping on Damen Avenue from North Avenue to Armitage Avenue. Palmer Square is a small neighborhood located within Logan Square, and it is a popular neighborhood for a diverse group of individuals and families, being full of shops, coffee houses, and restaurants and easy accessible from the highways and public transportation system.