[marothisu]

^ Yes. Chicago in the 6+ figure realm has been doing quite well and flying well under the radar both city wise and metro area wise. Chicago is very much outgrowing other cities and metro areas in this regard that were outgaining Chicago by a ton of population (overall) in the same time period.

The greater downtown area (Near North, Near West, Near South, and the Loop) has gained 5891 households making $200K+ from 2010 to 2016, a 44.6% increase. Add in West Town, Logan Square, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, North Center, Lincoln Square, and Uptown and you're talking about an increase of 13,049 households making a minimum of $200K per year, a 38.4% increase.

Entire cities (individually) that the downtown area + other handful of areas outgained:
Philadelphia
Boston
Miami
Atlanta
Portland
San Antonio

Also, the entire city of Dallas only outgained this small section of Chicago by less than 2000...And also, the downtown area alone outgained the entire city of Miami in this regard, and not much below the entire city of San Antonio.

The downtown + handful of other areas have a higher percentage of $200K+ households than the following entire cities of similar-ish size: Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Portland, Austin, etc.


$200K+ earning households by community area 2016 vs. 2010 in Chicago:
1. Near North Side: +2043 households
2. West Town: +2039 households
3. Near West Side: +1740 households
4. Lake View: +1445 households
5. The Loop: +1162 households
6. Logan Square: +1089 households
7. Near South Side: +946 households
8. North Center: +847 households
9. Uptown: +702 households
10. Lincoln Square: +660 households
11. West Ridge: +609 households
12. Portage Park: +468 households
13. Jefferson Park: +466 households
14. Norwood Park: +386 households
15. Lincoln Park: +376 households
16. Forest Glen: +375 households
17. Edison Park: +354 households
18. Avondale: +286 households
19. Albany Park: +279 households
20. Hyde Park: +258 households
21. Garfield Ridge: +229 households
22. Irving Park: +209 households
23. Brighton Park: +186 households
24. Ashburn: +174 households
25. Morgan Park: +166 households
26. Belmont Cragin: +150 households
27. Edgewater: +142 households
28. South Shore: +130 households
29. Montclare: +127 households
30. Austin: +120 households
31. Hermosa: +83 households
32. Mount Greenwood: +82 households
33. East Side: +79 households
34. Lower West Side: +64 households
35. McKinley Park: +57 households
36. Humboldt Park: +45 households
37. Dunning: +44 households
38. Chicago Lawn: +43 households
39. Beverly: +40 households
40T. O'Hare: +39 households
40T. West Lawn: +39 households
42. Washington Heights: +38 households
43. Kenwood: +37 households
44. Rogers Park: +30 households
45. West Garfield Park: +24 households
46. West Elsdon: +20 households
47. Avalon Park: +15 households
48T. Oakland: +13 households
48T. South Deering: +13 households
50T. Armour Square: +10 households
50T. Burnside: +10 households
50T. Woodlawn: +10 households
53T. Pullman: +8 households
53T. South Chicago: +8 households
55T. Clearing: +6 households
55T. East Garfield Park: +6 households
55T. Washington Park: +6 households
58. Fuller Park: +5 households
59T. Archer Heights: unchanged
59T. West Englewood: unchanged
61. Auburn Gresham: -2 households
62T. Bridgeport: -4 households
62T. Riverdale: -4 households
64. Hegewisch: -10 households
65. West Pullman: -13 households
66. North Park: -14 households
67. Gage Park: -18 households
68. Grand Boulevard: -25 households
69. South Lawndale: -30 households
70. Englewood: -38 households
71. New City: -39 households
72. Greater Grand Crossing: -40 households
73. Roseland: -41 households
74. Douglas: -43 households
75. North Lawndale: -69 households
76. Chatham: -129 households
77. Calumet Heights: -161 households