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Board detail · Permit #016-502980
FScore 39/100
top 73% citywide

US 12 billboard — East Side

Weak site — low traffic and/or visibility. Likely not worth pursuing on its own.

#4 of 10 boards in East Side by score

East 96th Street, East Side, Chicago

For context: many commercial real estate investors target cap rates in the 5–8% range. This board's modeled 25% is above that band — not a substitute for your own diligence, but a starting comparison.

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Location
NeighborhoodEast Side ↗
RouteUS 12
Nearest roadEwing Ave
Nearby billboards2 within 0.25 mi
Report card
Traffic
F
14,900 vehicles a day
Visibility
A
route type and distance to the road
Audience
F
area income and population
Value
F
$11.62 per 1,000 views vs. $7 benchmark
Competition
B
2 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
27/100
Visibility score
85/100
Demo fit score
27/100

Composite 39 = traffic 14.9 (55%) + visibility 17 (20%) + demo fit 6.8 (25%).

Who sees it
Vehicles passing daily14,900 (2025)
Est. monthly reach~185,000
Area income$58,713 · 33rd pctl
Area population2,061 · 17th 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
$1,750–$2,250
Perch Estimate / year
$25,800
Effective CPM
$11.62
Modeled valuation
~$103,000
Est. cap rate
25%
Payback period
~4 yrs
Permit
#016-502980

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

Effective CPM works out to $11.62 per 1,000 modeled monthly views, vs. the $7 Chicago benchmark — above model benchmark — priced at a premium.

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.

2026-09-18F39$1,750–$2,250
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Data as of September 2026