Onto educational attainment (4 year college or more)..Out of 77 community areas, only 15 of them lost college educated people from 2016 to 2017. Of those, 9 lost less than 100 people each.
Community Area in Chicago by Educational Attainment Change 2016 to 2017, 25+ years of age
1. West Town +2002 people (+4.92%)
2. Near North Side +1964 people (+3.44%)
3. Logan Square +1614 people (+6.15%)
4. Uptown +1237 people (+5.05%)
5. The Loop +1143 people (+5.60%)
6. Bridgeport +1115 people (+17.63%)
7. Lincoln Park +1112 people (+2.86%)
8. Avondale +1028 people (+13.42%)
9. Lincoln Square +862 people (+4.44%)
10. Edgewater +860 people (+3.61%)
11. West Ridge +845 people (+4.35%)
12. Norwood Park +818 people (+7.08%)
13. Portage Park +733 people (+6.04%)
14. Lower West Side +679 people (+11.78%)
15. Irving Park +653 people (+4.49%)
16. Near South Side +566 people (+4.19%)
17. North Center +511 people (+2.92%)
18. Hermosa +429 people (+23.38%)
19. Austin +378 people (+4.59%)
20. Lake View +375 people (+0.62%)
21. Douglas +368 people (+6.68%
22. Near West Side +362 people (+1.30%)
23. South Shore +356 people (+4.94%)
24. Chatham +345 people (+7.17%)
25. Brighton Park +343 people (+15.08%)
Near North, West, South, and the Loop combined increased by 4035 people aged 25+ with a bachelors degree or higher, which is a 2.53% increase.
Community Area in Chicago by Educational Attainment Percentage, 2017, 25+ years of age
1. Lincoln Park: 83.48%
2. Lake View: 79.61%
3. The Loop: 79.5%
4. Near North Side: 79.19%
5. Hyde Park: 74.73%
6. Near South Side: 73.39%
7. North Center: 70.81%
8. Near West Side: 66.67%
9. West Town: 65.62%
10. Lincoln Square: 62.82%
11. Forest Glen: 59.44%
12. Kenwood: 56.09%
13. Uptown: 55.88%
14. Edgewater: 55.26%
15. Beverly: 55.04%
16. Logan Square: 52.67%
17. Edison Park: 47.49%
18. North Park: 46.68%
19. Rogers Park: 42.4%
20. Douglas: 42.14%
21. West Ridge: 39.71%
22. Norwood Park: 39.5%
23. Irving Park: 39.27%
24. Mount Greenwood: 35.63%
25. Jefferson Park: 35.58%
Near North, West, South, and the Loop combined has a bachelors degree or higher (25+ years of age) percentage of 75.31. If you look at 2016, then it was at 74.70%.
Community Area in Chicago by Educational Attainment, 2017, 25+ years of age
1. Lake View: 60,597 people
2. Near North Side: 59,042 people
3. West Town: 42,660 people
4. Lincoln Park: 39,997 people
5. Near West Side: 28,287 people
6. Logan Square: 27,848 people
7. Uptown: 25,728 people
8. Edgewater: 24,658 people
9. The Loop: 21,571 people
10. Lincoln Square: 20,282 people
11. West Ridge: 20,253 people
12. North Center: 18,037 people
13. Rogers Park: 16,146 people
14. Irving Park: 15,199 people
15. Near South Side: 14,075 people
16. Portage Park: 12,873 people
17. Hyde Park: 12,722 people
18. Norwood Park: 12,374 people
19. Albany Park: 11,624 people
20. Avondale: 8688 people
21. Austin: 8605 people
22. Beverly: 8015 people
23. Forest Glen: 7869 people
24. Dunning: 7630 people
25. South Shore: 7567 people
Near North, West, South, and the Loop combined have 122,975 people aged 25+ with a bachelors degree or higher.
Interestingly Near North, Near West, Near South, The Loop, Lakeview, Uptown, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, North Center, Logan Square, and West Town together have a population that's only about 10,000 people less than the entire city of Boston. The entire city of Boston's college educational attainment percentage is 48.2%. These 11 areas of Chicago's educational attainment percentage is 70.36%