What ward am I in?

Type a Chicago address in the box below, or use your location, and the board shows which ward it is in and who its alderperson is.

The match happens in your browser, so the address is not sent anywhere.

What’s on the board, and what isn’t

  • The board tracks request types where a closure plausibly means work happened: a tow, a filled pothole, a baited alley. Informational calls and aircraft noise are off: the city logs those at its own buildings (the 311 call center in Ward 28, O’Hare in Ward 41), so they describe a facility, not a neighborhood.
  • Some types close almost instantly citywide. We show them anyway, and say so on the board.
  • Sidewalk repairs are ranked on what the city has not finished: it completes too few to time, and leaves about a third open. Every other type here closes eventually.
  • Bike lane obstructions are off the board. There are about 630 a year across all 50 wards, far too few to compare wards on. Ward pages carry bike crashes and route mileage as context instead, never as a rank.
  • Only 2024, 2025 and the rolling 12 months are offered: the ward map changed in May 2023, and comparing across it would compare different areas under the same ward numbers.