LINCOLN SQUARE — If you like your neighbors, you're in luck — residents of communities such as Lincoln Square, North Center, Irving Park and North Park tend to stay put.
On the flip side, if you were hoping the couple with the dog that barks all night would pick up and move ... time to invest in ear plugs.
Diving into data compiled by Zillow at the ZIP code level, DNAinfo.com analyzed home sales and rental leases and discovered that few neighborhoods experience significant annual churn — the vast majority of Chicagoans are living in the same house as they were a year ago.
Among the most steadfast: 60646-ers in North Park, Forest Glen and Jefferson Park, where 95.6 percent of residents could be found at the same address from one year to the next. Their neighbors in 60630 — Mayfair, Forest Glen, Portage Park and Jefferson Park — were nearly as unchanging, with a 94.7 retention rate, for lack of a better term.
In 60618, 60659 and 60641, residents of North Center, Lincoln Square, North Park and Irving Park were only slightly more mobile: 88.8, 88 and 86.5 percent, respectively, were in the same home.
More movement could be seen amongst the 60625-ers of Albany Park, Ravenswood and Lincoln Square, where close to 20 percent of residents picked up stakes in a year.
Neighborhoods with the greatest flux included Lakeview, long the city's gateway for young, single transplants from across the Midwest. The 60657 ZIP had only 70.8 percent retention.
The best chance for bidding the barking-dog couple farewell: 60605, South Loop and Loop, where fewer than 68 percent of residents were in the same home a year ago.
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