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Board detail · Permit #1-03457
DScore 43/100
top 67% citywide

Halsted St billboard — West Town

Below-average site — weak traffic or visibility. Proceed cautiously.

#77 of 91 boards in West Town by score

North Halsted Street, River West, West Town, Chicago

For context: many commercial real estate investors target cap rates in the 5–8% range. This board's modeled 20% is above that band — not a substitute for your own diligence, but a starting comparison.

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Location
NeighborhoodWest Town ↗
RouteHalsted St
Nearest roadHalsted St
Nearby billboards11 within 0.25 mi
Report card
Traffic
F
14,300 vehicles a day
Visibility
D
route type and distance to the road
Audience
B
area income and population
Value
C
$6.99 per 1,000 views vs. $7 benchmark
Competition
F
11 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
24/100
Visibility score
50/100
Demo fit score
79/100

Composite 43 = traffic 13.2 (55%) + visibility 10 (20%) + demo fit 19.8 (25%).

Who sees it
Vehicles passing daily14,300 (2022)
Est. monthly reach~272,000
Area income$173,082 · 96th pctl
Area population3,406 · 50th 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
$22,800
Effective CPM
$6.99
Modeled valuation
~$114,000
Est. cap rate
20%
Payback period
~5 yrs
Permit
#1-03457

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

Effective CPM works out to $6.99 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.

2026-09-18D43$1,750–$2,250
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Data as of September 2026