The Near West Side has hosted more completed pothole patch jobs than any other Chicago community area since 2018 — 8,088 in CDOT’s own daily ledger — with West Town (7,386) and Ashburn (7,058) behind it, and the top ten areas holding 61,827 of the 238,547 mapped jobs, about 26 percent. There are two honest ways to count this and this list shows both: ranked by jobs, the Near West Side leads — but by the file’s own potholes-filled-per-block counts, Ashburn leads the whole city outright, 89,393 potholes filled across its 7,058 jobs. Two boundaries from our full analysis ride along: the ledger records completed jobs, so it measures where crews finished work, not street condition — and it says nothing about the potholes nobody reported. This page takes no position on where anyone should live or drive.
1. Near West Side — 8,088 patch jobs
Near West Side logged 8,088 completed patch jobs from 2018 through the August 2026 retrieval, filling 70,023 potholes by the file’s own block-level counts.
2. West Town — 7,386 patch jobs
West Town logged 7,386 completed patch jobs from 2018 through the August 2026 retrieval, filling 66,579 potholes by the file’s own block-level counts.
3. Ashburn — 7,058 patch jobs
Ashburn logged 7,058 completed patch jobs from 2018 through the August 2026 retrieval, filling 89,393 potholes by the file’s own block-level counts. That filled count is the most of any community area — more than the two areas above it on this list.
4. Near North Side — 6,116 patch jobs
Near North Side logged 6,116 completed patch jobs from 2018 through the August 2026 retrieval, filling 39,195 potholes by the file’s own block-level counts.
5. Lincoln Park — 5,711 patch jobs
Lincoln Park logged 5,711 completed patch jobs from 2018 through the August 2026 retrieval, filling 54,964 potholes by the file’s own block-level counts.
6. Logan Square — 5,598 patch jobs
Logan Square logged 5,598 completed patch jobs from 2018 through the August 2026 retrieval, filling 53,627 potholes by the file’s own block-level counts.
7. Austin — 5,578 patch jobs
Austin logged 5,578 completed patch jobs from 2018 through the August 2026 retrieval, filling 60,270 potholes by the file’s own block-level counts.
8. Norwood Park — 5,557 patch jobs
Norwood Park logged 5,557 completed patch jobs from 2018 through the August 2026 retrieval, filling 80,372 potholes by the file’s own block-level counts. That is the second-highest potholes-filled count in the city.
9. West Ridge — 5,382 patch jobs
West Ridge logged 5,382 completed patch jobs from 2018 through the August 2026 retrieval, filling 55,402 potholes by the file’s own block-level counts.
10. Portage Park — 5,353 patch jobs
Portage Park logged 5,353 completed patch jobs from 2018 through the August 2026 retrieval, filling 51,280 potholes by the file’s own block-level counts.
Questions these numbers can answer
Which Chicago area gets the most pothole patching? It depends on the measure, and the file supports two. By completed patch jobs, the Near West Side leads with 8,088 since 2018. By the file’s own count of potholes filled, Ashburn leads the whole city with 89,393.
Does patching activity mean bad streets? Not by this file. A patch job is a record of completed work — an area with many jobs is an area where crews completed many jobs. The file records nothing about road condition, unpatched potholes, or potholes nobody reported.
How many potholes has Chicago filled? The patch ledger records 2,756,235 potholes filled since 2018, by its own block-level counts across 239,812 completed jobs citywide — with 2026 already past 2025’s full-year total.
Where these numbers come from
CDOT’s Potholes Patched dataset (wqdh-9gek, updated daily; 239,812 rows at the August 18, 2026 retrieval), with each completed job placed by its own coordinates against the community-area boundaries — 238,547 of 239,812 place. The year arc, the patch clock, and the completed-jobs boundary are in the full analysis: Chicago’s Patch Ledger Records 2.76 Million Potholes Filled Since 2018 — and 2026 Has Already Out-Filled All of 2025.
Computed by KCM Desk from records retrieved August 18, 2026. If you spot an error, corrections come first.