Garfield Ridge, Chicago

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Garfield Ridge, one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois, is located on the southwest side of the city. The northern portion of Midway Airport is located in this community area.

Garfield Ridge (Chicago, Illinois)

Community Area 56 - Garfield Ridge Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	41°49.0′N 87°45.6′W
Neighborhoods	Garfield Ridge Le Claire Courts Sleepy Hollow Vittum Park
ZIP Code	parts of 60628, 60632, 60638 and 60639
Area	10.96 km² (4.23 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	36,101 (up 6.04% from 1990) 3,295.2 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	68.9% 12.2% 16.5% 0.91% 1.46%
Median income	$45,436
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

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Garfield Ridge is one of the community areas which border Midway Airport, known collectively as just "Midway". It is served by the CTA's Orange Line. Garfield Ridge stretches southward from the Stevenson Expressway to 59th Street, and from Cicero Avenue to Harlem Avenue going west. Many immigrants from Poland moved to Garfield Ridge in past years, and since the 1990s many Hispanics have started moving into the neighborhood. This gives the area a unique blend of different cultures. There is generally a large Catholic population, and the area is served by many Catholic elementary schools. There are a number of Chicago Public Schools that serve the area. These include Kinzie, Byrne, and Mark Twain Elementary Schools, and Kennedy High School. Garfield Ridge also has numerous Chicago parks which include Wentworth, Valley Forge, Vittum and Stars and Stripes.

Chicago has the largest population of Poles outside Warsaw, and many of those immigrants live in Garfield Ridge and its bordering neighborhood to the south, Clearing.

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