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Board detail · Permit #016-39541
AScore 82/100
top 5% citywide

I-90/94 billboard — West Town

Premium site — high traffic and strong visibility. Worth pursuing.

#26 of 91 boards in West Town by score

North Elston Avenue, Wicker Park, West Town, Chicago

For context: many commercial real estate investors target cap rates in the 5–8% range. This board's modeled 12.5% is above that band — not a substitute for your own diligence, but a starting comparison.

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Location
NeighborhoodWest Town ↗
RouteI-90/94
Nearest roadKennedy Expwy
Nearby billboards8 within 0.25 mi
Report card
Traffic
A+
227,100 vehicles a day
Visibility
B
route type and distance to the road
Audience
C
area income and population
Value
C
$6.84 per 1,000 views vs. $7 benchmark
Competition
D
8 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
95/100
Visibility score
75/100
Demo fit score
57/100

Composite 82 = traffic 52.3 (55%) + visibility 15 (20%) + demo fit 14.3 (25%).

Who sees it
Vehicles passing daily227,100 (2025)
Est. monthly reach~2,632,000
Area income$131,212 · 79th pctl
Area population2,151 · 22nd 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
$17,500–$18,500
Perch Estimate / year
$216,000
Effective CPM
$6.84
Modeled valuation
~$1,728,000
Est. cap rate
12.5%
Payback period
~8 yrs
Permit
#016-39541

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 8× annual-revenue multiple (rough rule of thumb, not a real appraisal or listing).

Effective CPM works out to $6.84 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.

2026-09-18A82$17,500–$18,500
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Data as of September 2026