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Board detail · Permit #IL01473
CScore 58/100
top 41% citywide

Stony Island Ave billboard — South Shore

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

#6 of 8 boards in South Shore by score

7018, South Stony Island Avenue, South Shore, 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
NeighborhoodSouth Shore ↗
RouteStony Island Ave
Nearest roadStony Island Ave
Nearby billboards2 within 0.25 mi
Report card
Traffic
B
31,900 vehicles a day
Visibility
D
route type and distance to the road
Audience
F
area income and population
Value
C
$7.01 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
74/100
Visibility score
50/100
Demo fit score
31/100

Composite 58 = traffic 40.7 (55%) + visibility 10 (20%) + demo fit 7.8 (25%).

Who sees it
Vehicles passing daily31,900 (2022)
Est. monthly reach~606,000
Area income$53,807 · 29th pctl
Area population2,659 · 34th 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
$4,250–$4,750
Perch Estimate / year
$51,000
Effective CPM
$7.01
Modeled valuation
~$306,000
Est. cap rate
16.7%
Payback period
~6 yrs
Permit
#IL01473

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 $7.01 per 1,000 modeled monthly views, vs. the $7 Chicago benchmark — at model benchmark — fairly priced.

Nearby competition

Closest 2 structures within 0.25 mi, all competing for the same eyeballs. Separate faces of one sign are grouped into a single row.

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Data as of September 2026