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Armour Square Chicago, IL

One of the South Side’s jewels is home to one of the city’s biggest sports landmarks

Urban Stadium Park-like

Armour Square is a neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, directly south of Chinatown. This urban neighborhood features brick triple-decker apartments, lavish studio apartments, cozy townhomes, and more for a variety of budgets. This namesake neighborhood is best known for being home to Armour Square Park and Guaranteed Rate Field, the baseball stadium where the Chicago White Sox play. The park has excellent facilities for residents to enjoy with a fitness center, tennis courts, athletic fields, outdoor pool and more. Like many park-like communities, Armour Square is walkable with a few small bars, cafes, restaurants, and boutiques a few blocks away depending on where your apartment is located. Neighboring Chinatown offers up authentic eats while Bridgeport and Douglas have everything from cheeseburgers to tacos. Along with easy access to amenities, the neighborhood is also in a prime location. A great option for students and faculty, Armour Square borders the Illinois Institute of Technology. Downtown Chicago is less than 15 minutes away and the 31st Street Beach is even closer. Armour Square’s transit station makes traveling to these major destination in the Windy City a breeze.

Getting Around

Moderately Walkable

Walkability

70 / 100

Strong Public Transit

Transit

80 / 100

Moderately Drivable

Drivability

70 / 100

Moderately Bikeable

Bikeability

60 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 5 Minute Walk

Groceries

90 / 100

Good Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

70 / 100

Fair Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

50 / 100

Good Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

60 / 100

Recreation

Very Large Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

80 / 100

Good Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

60 / 100

Local Vibe

Vibrant Atmosphere at Times

Vibrancy

50 / 100

Fair Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

40 / 100

Very Noisy

Quiet Score

30 / 100

Points of Interest

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in February 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.