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Board detail · Permit #016-40598
BScore 71/100
top 18% citywide

IL 50 billboard — West Lawn

Solid site — good traffic and visibility. Reasonable candidate.

#1 of 9 boards in West Lawn by score

West 72nd Street, West Lawn, 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
NeighborhoodWest Lawn ↗
RouteIL 50
Nearest roadCicero Ave
Nearby billboards1 within 0.25 mi
Report card
Traffic
A
58,700 vehicles a day
Visibility
B
route type and distance to the road
Audience
D
area income and population
Value
C
$6.48 per 1,000 views vs. $7 benchmark
Competition
A
1 other structure 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
81/100
Visibility score
70/100
Demo fit score
48/100

Composite 71 = traffic 44.6 (55%) + visibility 14 (20%) + demo fit 12 (25%).

Who sees it
Vehicles passing daily58,700 (2025)
Est. monthly reach~1,312,000
Area income$64,432 · 37th pctl
Area population4,048 · 64th 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
$8,500–$9,500
Perch Estimate / year
$102,000
Effective CPM
$6.48
Modeled valuation
~$714,000
Est. cap rate
14.3%
Payback period
~7 yrs
Permit
#016-40598

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 $6.48 per 1,000 modeled monthly views, vs. the $7 Chicago benchmark — at model benchmark — fairly priced.

Nearby competition

Closest 1 structures within 0.25 mi, all competing for the same eyeballs. Separate faces of one sign are grouped into a single row.

Value history

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

2026-09-18B71$8,500–$9,500
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Data as of September 2026