Uptown
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Uptown
Uptown Theater
Uptown is a upper north-side neighborhood located on the edge of Lake Michigan; just above Wrigleyville.
Montrose Point
Crime Statistics
Uptown has a 6% total crime rate, 52% violent crime rate and 3% proverty crime rate. The average livability score is 69, it is the 22 ranked neighborhood in Chicago and Illinois.
Schools & Parks
Some schools in the neighborhood would be Walt Disney Magnet School, and Rogers Park Montessori. Walt Disney Magnet performs above the state average, being graded an A- and being ranked 11 out of 203 elementary schools on Niche. Rogers Park Montessori also performs above average with being ranked in the top 20% of private schools in Illinois according to private school review. Rogers Park Montessori has also received 4 and 1/2 stars on Niche.
Ceder Playlot, Juniper Playlot, and Kelly Playlot are 3 of the parks in the neighborhood; all of which have been described as Great parks with playgrounds accessible to children. There are several other parks in the neighborhood as well making recreation extremely accessible.
Grocery & Restaurants
There are several grocery stores in Uptown some of which include Target, Jewels Osco, ALDI, and Wilson Grocery. This makes food highly attainable with good prices at stores like ALDI, Jewels, and Wilson Grocery.
Some popular restaurants in Uptown include Reservoir(Pub New American Fare), Fat Cat (Comfort Food), and In-On Thai (Thai Food obviously). All being ranked with more than 4 stars on google maps. I would say that the accessibility to restaurants to eat out at, are vast and great.
4640 N Kenmore Ave
This apartment is in the middle of Uptown, the whole building costs $300,000. The rent is $2,370 a month for 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, it has hardwood floors, wood burning fireplace, Master suite, walk in closet. Walking, biking and transportation accessible to grocery stores, restaurants, parks and schools.
Uptown Demographics
Median income is $68,114. With a racial diversity of 53% white, 18% African American, 15% Hispanic and 11% Asian. Population is approxtimately 42,000