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Board detail · Permit #4971
CScore 64/100
top 31% citywide

I-290 billboard — West Garfield Park

Average site — traffic or visibility is middling. Compare against nearby alternatives.

#6 of 6 boards in West Garfield Park by score

622-624, South Independence Boulevard, West Garfield Park, Chicago

For context: many commercial real estate investors target cap rates in the 5–8% range. This board's modeled 16.7% is above that band — not a substitute for your own diligence, but a starting comparison.

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Location
RouteI-290
Nearest roadEisenhower Expwy
Nearby billboards1 within 0.25 mi
Report card
Traffic
A
183,900 vehicles a day
Visibility
B
route type and distance to the road
Audience
F
area income and population
Value
C
$6.99 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
89/100
Visibility score
75/100
Demo fit score
2/100

Composite 64 = traffic 49 (55%) + visibility 15 (20%) + demo fit 0.5 (25%).

Who sees it
Vehicles passing daily183,900 (2025)
Est. monthly reach~2,131,000
Area income$20,841 · 2nd pctl
Area population1,162 · 1st 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
$14,500–$15,500
Perch Estimate / year
$178,800
Effective CPM
$6.99
Modeled valuation
~$1,073,000
Est. cap rate
16.7%
Payback period
~6 yrs
Permit
#4971

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 6× 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.

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.

2026-09-18C64$14,500–$15,500
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Data as of September 2026