West Town has more registered murals than any other Chicago community area: 66 of the 458 works on the city’s own Mural Registry, as the registry’s file stood on February 28, 2025. Uptown (56) and the Loop (54) are close behind, and the ten areas below hold 301 of the 453 murals the registry’s coordinates place — 66 percent. One rule before the list: the registry is the city’s opt-in list, not a census. A mural appears here because someone registered it, and Chicago has painted walls the registry has never counted — so every rank below describes the registry, not the city’s full mural stock. The counting method, the registry’s data quirks, and the install-year arc are in the full analysis. These are registry records, and this page takes no position on where anyone should live or visit.
1. West Town — 66 registered murals
West Town holds 66 of the registry’s placed murals — 15 percent of the 453 — each one placed by the coordinates in its own registry entry. The count is registrations, never a census of what is actually painted on the area’s walls.
2. Uptown — 56 registered murals
Uptown holds 56 of the registry’s placed murals — 12 percent of the 453 — each one placed by the coordinates in its own registry entry. The count is registrations, never a census of what is actually painted on the area’s walls.
3. The Loop — 54 registered murals
The Loop holds 54 of the registry’s placed murals — 12 percent of the 453 — each one placed by the coordinates in its own registry entry. The count is registrations, never a census of what is actually painted on the area’s walls.
4. South Lawndale — 23 registered murals
South Lawndale holds 23 of the registry’s placed murals — 5 percent of the 453 — each one placed by the coordinates in its own registry entry. The count is registrations, never a census of what is actually painted on the area’s walls.
5. Lake View — 22 registered murals
Lake View holds 22 of the registry’s placed murals — 5 percent of the 453 — each one placed by the coordinates in its own registry entry. The count is registrations, never a census of what is actually painted on the area’s walls.
6. Rogers Park — 21 registered murals
Rogers Park holds 21 of the registry’s placed murals — 5 percent of the 453 — each one placed by the coordinates in its own registry entry. The count is registrations, never a census of what is actually painted on the area’s walls.
7. Logan Square — 19 registered murals
Logan Square holds 19 of the registry’s placed murals — 4 percent of the 453 — each one placed by the coordinates in its own registry entry. The count is registrations, never a census of what is actually painted on the area’s walls.
8. The Lower West Side — 16 registered murals
The Lower West Side holds 16 of the registry’s placed murals — 4 percent of the 453 — each one placed by the coordinates in its own registry entry. The count is registrations, never a census of what is actually painted on the area’s walls.
9. The Near West Side — 14 registered murals
The Near West Side holds 14 of the registry’s placed murals — 3 percent of the 453 — each one placed by the coordinates in its own registry entry. The count is registrations, never a census of what is actually painted on the area’s walls.
10. Edgewater — 10 registered murals
Edgewater holds 10 of the registry’s placed murals — 2 percent of the 453 — each one placed by the coordinates in its own registry entry. The count is registrations, never a census of what is actually painted on the area’s walls.
Questions these numbers can answer
Which Chicago community area has the most registered murals? West Town, with 66 of the 458 works on the city’s Mural Registry as of its February 2025 file — ahead of Uptown at 56 and the Loop at 54.
How many murals does Chicago have? The city’s Mural Registry lists 458 — but the registry is an opt-in list, not a census, so the city’s true count of painted walls is larger and not knowable from this file. 55 of the 77 community areas hold at least one registered mural.
What counts as a registered mural here? One entry on the city’s Mural Registry dataset, placed in a community area by the coordinates in its own record. Five of the 458 entries carry unusable coordinates and are not placed; the full analysis has the accounting.
Where these numbers come from
City of Chicago Mural Registry file (we8h-apcf), last updated February 28, 2025 and retrieved August 15, 2026: 458 entries, 453 placed in community areas by point-in-polygon on each record’s own coordinates. The registry’s own area column disagrees with its own coordinates on 136 of the 283 rows where that column holds a usable value, which is why placement uses coordinates — that finding, the install-year arc, and every caveat: Chicago’s Mural Registry Lists 458 Works — and West Town, Uptown, and the Loop Hold 176 of Them.
Computed by KCM Desk from records retrieved August 15, 2026. If you spot an error, corrections come first.