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Board detail · Permit #4736
FScore 34/100
top 81% citywide

US 14 billboard — Edgewater

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

#8 of 9 boards in Edgewater by score

5549-5555, North Broadway, Lakewood-Balmoral, Edgewater, Chicago
2 faces on this structure. Permits: #016-35373, #4736

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
NeighborhoodEdgewater ↗
RouteUS 14
Nearest roadBroadway St
Nearby billboards1 within 0.25 mi
Report card
Traffic
F
13,400 vehicles a day
Visibility
A
route type and distance to the road
Audience
F
area income and population
Value
F
$12.87 per 1,000 views vs. $7 benchmark
Competition
A
no other structures within 0.25 mi

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
22/100
Visibility score
85/100
Demo fit score
18/100

Composite 34 = traffic 12.1 (55%) + visibility 17 (20%) + demo fit 4.5 (25%).

Who sees it
Vehicles passing daily13,400 (2025)
Est. monthly reach~167,000
Area income$51,625 · 26th pctl
Area population1,525 · 7th 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
$12.87
Modeled valuation
~$103,000
Est. cap rate
25%
Payback period
~4 yrs
Permit
#4736

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 $12.87 per 1,000 modeled monthly views, vs. the $7 Chicago benchmark — above model benchmark — priced at a premium.

Value history

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

2026-09-18F34$1,750–$2,250
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Data as of September 2026