Hermosa is Both a Neighborhood and an Official Chicago Community

Hermosa was identified as an official Chicago community over 100 years ago in the 1920s, along with 77 other community boundaries. You can read more about these community map designations here. That said, cultural connections, physical boundaries and movement of residents in and out of the area shift over time and “neighborhood” names are what most residents refer to when they talk about where they live. We’ve outlined a rough (and always debatable) map on how residents self-identify where they live. You can find out more about Hermosa’s history here.

Demographic Data

Demographic data from the 2020 US Census and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning has provided these data points to help us better understand our residents.

• Hermosa Population: ~24,000 people (down 3.8% from 2010)

• ~83% identify as hispanic/latinx

• Median Houshold Income is at ~$54,000

• Median age is ~35 years old, 25% are under 19, 12% are 65+

• Housing vacancy is at 8% (City of Chicago is 11)

• Owners + renters are split nearly even in occupied housing

• ~72% are family households, ~10% are single parent households

• Average households are ~3 people, regardless if they are a family household, but 38% have 4+ people in their household

• ~37% are foreign born

• 77% speak some spanish, 22% are english only + 37% speak english less than “very well”

• 14% have no internet access, 10% have no computing devices and 10% have only smartphones

• ~30% of 25 and under have less than a high school diploma, 41% have some college or college degree(s), 28% have a high school diploma