ZIP boundary report

Permit processing times in ZIP 60618

Across 6,576 issued permits assigned to ZIP 60618, the median processing time was 2 days.

Source: City of Chicago Building Permits · Issued-permit cohort · Updated Sep. 16, 2026

Records checked6,5762021–Sep. 15, 2026

The short answer

For Permit processing times in ZIP 60618, 6,576 issued permit records show a median processing time of 2 days; 75% were issued within 27 days and 90% within 87 days, covering January 2021 through September 15, 2026.

Typical wait2 daysmedian issued permit

Usually within27 days75% of records

Long-wait edge87 days90% of records

Evidence6,576issued permits

The median was 1.5 days slower than the previous 12 months.

Permit processing times in ZIP 60618: wait distribution

For Permit processing times in ZIP 60618, 6,576 issued permits are distributed across five elapsed-time bands from same-day issuance through waits of 91 days or longer.

Same day

43.3%

1–7 days

18.9%

8–30 days

14.5%

31–90 days

13.8%

91+ days

9.6%

Change over time

Permit processing times in ZIP 60618: annual permit timing

Permit processing times in ZIP 60618 has 6 publishable issue-year cohorts spanning 2021–2026, representing 6,576 issued records in the annual table.

Issue year	Records	Median	75th percentile	90th percentile
2021	1,403	0 days	10 days	70 days
2022	1,300	0 days	6 days	69 days
2023	1,118	0 days	15 days	95 days
2024	1,108	8.5 days	35 days	87 days
2025	974	9 days	42 days	108 days
2026*	673	11 days	46 days	108 days

*2026 is partial through Sep. 15. Year labels use the permit issue date, not the application date.

Context

Permit processing times in ZIP 60618: ZIP codes with similar overall timing

Permit processing times in ZIP 60618 has 6,576 issued records, a 2 days median, and a 27 days 75th-percentile wait in this release.

Report	Median	75% within	Records
60606	2 days	15 days	6,775
60608	2 days	26 days	4,677
60613	2 days	21 days	2,994
60616	2 days	25 days	2,939
60618	2 days	27 days	6,576
60621	2 days	23 days	2,516
60623	2 days	24 days	4,182
60624	2 days	21 days	2,944

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The Permit processing times in ZIP 60618 cohort contains 6,576 issued records; related links retain separate location and permit-category cohorts.

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