Key takeaway: A one-bedroom in Wrigleyville rents for about $2,700 a month in 2026, homes sold for a median $620,000 in early 2026, and on night-game days the blocks around Wrigley Field become a tow zone for cars without a residential permit.
Wrigleyville is the part of Lakeview around Wrigley Field, roughly Irving Park to Belmont between Ashland and the Red Line, with greystones, three-flats, new apartments by the ballpark and a busy bar scene. Living by the ballpark has costs a regular neighborhood doesn’t. See our Lakeview page for the wider area. Its typical one-bedroom, about $2,695 a month, runs about $616 above the citywide typical of $2,079 (Zillow, September 2026), the 8th highest of the 92 areas in our neighborhood comparison.
| Typical one-bedroom | $2,695 a month |
| Typical two-bedroom | $3,742 a month |
| Income for your own one-bedroom | About $107,800 a year |
| L lines | Red |
| Metra | None |
| Part of the city | North Side |
On this page: Rent · Getting around · Groceries · Game-day parking rules · Game-day costs · Parks · Parking · Taxes and home prices · Sample budget
Rent by apartment size
| Unit | RentHop (Oct 2026) |
|---|---|
| Studio | $2,766 |
| 1 bedroom | $2,695 |
| 2 bedrooms | $3,742 |
| 3 bedrooms | $4,700 |
Source: RentHop Wrigleyville. Samples are small (10 studios, 20 one-bedrooms and 21 two-bedrooms listed), and the page shows rents up 24% to 32% from a year earlier, so expect a wide range. RentCafe and Zumper do not publish Wrigleyville figures. Sources differ because they track different listings; see why rent reports disagree.
Getting around
- L trains: Addison on the Red Line, next to the ballpark, and Sheridan on the Red Line to the northeast (City of Chicago L stop data). CTA fares are $2.25 a bus ride and $2.50 a train ride with Ventra, or $75 for a 30-day pass (CTA fares).
- Buses: #22 Clark, #152 Addison and #8 Halsted.
A 30-day CTA pass is $75 (CTA).
Groceries nearby
| Store | Address |
|---|---|
| Jewel-Osco Broadway and Addison | 3531 N. Broadway |
| Jewel-Osco Southport and Addison | 3630 N. Southport Ave. |
| Trader Joe’s Lincoln and Grace | 3745 N. Lincoln Ave. |
Source: each store’s own location page or locator, checked October 25, 2026. See our Chicago grocery guide.
Game-day parking rules
Residential permit Zone 383, from Belmont to Irving Park and Broadway to Ashland, is a tow zone from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. on night-game days for cars without a Zone 383 permit or guest pass, and Addison from Clark to Ashland is no parking from 4 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. (44th Ward). Reselling a permit can bring a fine of up to $1,500. Residents just outside the zone can get a free night-game permit through their ward office (City Clerk). For 2026, the Cubs and the 46th Ward added a free remote garage at 4650 N. Clarendon Ave. for night, weekend and large-event games (46th Ward; Cubs).
Game-day costs
Ballpark lots are cashless and booked through SpotHero, with prices that vary by game (Cubs). Chicago’s amusement tax is 9% of admission charges (City of Chicago).
Parks
Gill Park at 825 W. Sheridan Rd. has a pool, fitness center, gym and playground.
Parking
If you will have a car, check your block with the City Clerk’s zone lookup before you sign a lease. Adding a residential permit zone to your City Sticker costs $25 to $35 a year, on top of the $105.18 passenger-car sticker; our parking guide covers guest passes, meters and garages.
Property taxes and home prices
Redfin counted a median sale price of $620,000 in Wrigleyville for the three months ending March 2026, up 8% from a year earlier, at $452 a square foot, from a small number of sales (Redfin). The Assessor’s 2024 medians for the whole Lake View community area were $385,000 for a condo, $959,000 for a multi-family building and $1.438 million for a single-family home (Cook County Assessor, 2024 Chicago report). Citywide, the median Chicago homeowner bill for tax year 2025, mailed in August 2026, was $4,597, up 3.2% (Cook County Treasurer). For how bills are set and how to appeal, see our property tax guide, and to weigh owning against renting, our rent vs. buy calculator.
Wrigleyville cost of living: a sample monthly budget
| Setup | Rent | CTA pass | Income needed at 30% rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your own one-bedroom | $2,695 | $75 | $107,800 |
| Half of a two-bedroom | $1,871 | $75 | $74,840 |
| Your own two-bedroom | $3,742 | $75 | $149,680 |
Source: our calculation from the RentHop figures above (half of $3,742, rounded). Income needed is monthly rent times 12, divided by 0.30. For a fuller answer that includes taxes and the rest of your budget, try our Chicago salary calculator, and see Chicago move-in costs for what you’ll pay up front.
Compare every neighborhood side by side in our Chicago neighborhood cost comparison, or work out your own number with our salary calculator. More North Side neighborhood profiles: Andersonville, DePaul and Sheffield, Edgewater, Lakeview, Lakeview East and Northalsted, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, North Center, North Park, Ravenswood, Rogers Park, Roscoe Village, Uptown and West Ridge.
Costs that apply in every neighborhood: property tax bills, closing costs and condo fees, water, sewer and garbage fees, ComEd and Peoples Gas, CTA fares, parking, average salaries by job and our Chicago cost index.
Sources
- RentHop: Wrigleyville rent
- Redfin: Wrigleyville housing market
- City of Chicago: L stops
- CTA fares
- Jewel-Osco: Broadway and Addison
- Trader Joe’s: Lincoln and Grace
- 44th Ward: Cubs parking restrictions
- 46th Ward: Cubs 2026 information
- City Clerk: night-game permits
- Chicago Cubs: parking
- City of Chicago: amusement tax
- Chicago Park District: Gill Park
- City of Chicago: list of L stops
- CTA fares
- City Clerk: City Sticker prices
- City Clerk: residential zone parking
- Cook County Assessor: 2024 Chicago report
- Cook County Treasurer: tax year 2025 analysis