[F1 Tommy]

That explains alot. Chicago has a large high end collector market and with the lower cost of living and disposable income a lot of rare collectibles are coming here. Something you don't hear to much about unless you follow the industry. One example super high end classis cars. The highest price paid for a car(Ferrari 1962 GTO) was from a collector near Chicago last year.

Originally Posted by marothisu

Chicago city (haven't checked MSA yet) doing awesome with increase of $100K+ households, especially $200K+ households.

Change in $100K+ Households 2017 to 2018
1. NYC: +60,844 households
2. Chicago: +28,073 households
3. Los Angeles: +23,310 households
4. Austin: +17,680 households
5. Seattle: +16,861 households
6. Portland: +16,011 households
7. Philadelphia: 14,498 households
8. San Diego: +12,401 households
9. Houston: +11,869 households
10. Phoenix: +11,492 households
11. Denver: +10,074 households
12. San Jose: +10,027 households
13. Dallas: +9702 households
14. Boston: +9244 households
15. Atlanta: +9105 households

Others:
19. DC: +6776 households
26. Minneapolis: +5155 households
29. Miami: +4104 households
30. Milwaukee: +4101 households
31. Charlotte: +3680 households
35. Baltimore: +2743 households
36. San Francisco: +2615 households
46. Detroit: +851 households
49. Indianapolis: +437 households


Change in $200K+ Households 2017 to 2018
1. NYC: +35,376 households
2. Chicago: +17,542 households
3. Los Angeles: +11,540 households
4. San Jose: +11,239 households
5. San Francisco: +11,210 households
6. Seattle; +10,891 households
7. Austin: +10,375 households
8. Portland: +5920 households
9. DC: +5915 households
10. Dallas: +5869 households
11. Boston: +5819 households
12. Raleigh: +5426 households
13. Jacksonville: +4705 households
14. Tampa: +3481 households
15. Philadelphia: +3400 households

Others:
16. Charlotte: +3375 households
17. Atlanta: +3318 households
20. Denver: +3017 households
22. Phoenix: +2822 households
23. Houston: +2327 households
25. Baltimore: +2213 households
31. San Diego: +1567 households
33. San Antonio: +1419 households
35. Miami: +1292 households
40. Detroit: +843 households
43. Minneapolis: +617 households
47. Milwaukee: -147 households
51. Indianapolis: -2259 households