iOS · Chicago
Free · In-app purchase to remove ads
Which Hood am I in?
Open the app and instantly know which Chicago neighborhood you're standing in. No searching, no typing — just an answer.
Requires iPhone · iOS 17 or later · Location permission
What it does
Small app, one job done well.
Which Hood is the answer to a question every Chicagoan and visitor asks at some point. It does that one thing, and it does it fast.
Instant answer
No searching, no typing, no menus. Open the app and your neighborhood name is already on screen within a second or two.
Complete coverage
All 98 colloquial neighborhoods and all 77 official community areas — from Wrigleyville and Wicker Park to Austin and Beverly.
Chicagoland too
Outside the city? Which Hood identifies your suburb across the full 13-county metro — Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.
Live map
See your current neighborhood boundary highlighted, with neighboring areas labeled around you. Tap refresh after you move.
Distance from zero
In the suburbs, Which Hood tells you how far you are from State & Madison — the origin point of Chicago's famous street grid.
On-device, always
Boundary data is bundled in the app. No internet required for neighborhood lookups, and your coordinates never leave your phone.
Screens
Four states, one answer.
Privacy
Your location stays yours.
Every neighborhood lookup happens entirely on your device, checked against GeoJSON boundary data bundled inside the app. No server round trips, no coordinate uploads, no account.
Which Hood does not request the iOS Advertising Identifier and does not present an App Tracking Transparency prompt. Ads are non-personalized and capped at a G content rating to match the app's 4+ age rating.
Don't want to see ads at all? A one-time $0.99 in-app purchase removes them.
Read the full privacy policy or get in touch on the support page.