PerchChicago
Board detail · Permit #016-31875
BScore 70/100
top 21% citywide

I-90 billboard — South Shore

Solid site — good traffic and visibility. Reasonable candidate.

#2 of 8 boards in South Shore by score

East 79th Street, South Shore, Chicago

For context: many commercial real estate investors target cap rates in the 5–8% range. This board's modeled 14.3% is above that band — not a substitute for your own diligence, but a starting comparison.

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Location
NeighborhoodSouth Shore ↗
RouteI-90
Nearest roadChicago Skyway
Nearby billboards4 within 0.25 mi
Report card
Traffic
B
35,100 vehicles a day
Visibility
B
route type and distance to the road
Audience
D
area income and population
Value
C
$7.00 per 1,000 views vs. $7 benchmark
Competition
C
4 other structures within 0.25 mi (A means uncluttered)

The overall grade blends traffic, visibility, and audience. Value and competition are extra lenses and are not in the overall score. See Methodology.

Site quality
Traffic score
77/100
Visibility score
75/100
Demo fit score
52/100

Composite 70 = traffic 42.4 (55%) + visibility 15 (20%) + demo fit 13 (25%).

Who sees it
Vehicles passing daily35,100 (2025)
Est. monthly reach~407,000
Area income$52,425 · 27th pctl
Area population6,264 · 89th pctl

Reach is a modeled vehicle-pass estimate (traffic × visibility), not a verified impressions count. Income/population are for the Census tract this board sits in — percentile is rank among all Chicago tracts in this dataset (higher = wealthier/denser).

The money
Perch Estimate / month
$2,750–$3,250
Perch Estimate / year
$34,200
Effective CPM
$7.00
Modeled valuation
~$239,000
Est. cap rate
14.3%
Payback period
~7 yrs
Permit
#016-31875

Revenue modeled from traffic × visibility at a $7 CPM (cost per 1,000 impressions/month — the standard way outdoor ad space is priced) benchmark, clamped to real Chicago market ranges by road type (source: public OOH rate data, see Methodology). Valuation assumes a 7× annual-revenue multiple (rough rule of thumb, not a real appraisal or listing).

Effective CPM works out to $7.00 per 1,000 modeled monthly views, vs. the $7 Chicago benchmark — at model benchmark — fairly priced.

Value history

Tracking started here — check back after future data updates to see how this board's estimate moves.

2026-09-18B70$2,750–$3,250
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Data as of September 2026