US
Chicago as a nomad hub
Established Hub
Hub index for October 2026.
Hub score
51
out of 100, percentile-weighted
Global rank
#256
-39 since last month
Country rank
#11
in United States
Momentum
Paused
Collecting our own AI travel demand data; labels return once three months exist
What makes up this hub score
Most parts are percentiles among all cities (90 means ahead of 90% of them); events and communities are scored against the busiest cities.
- AI hub factors
- Nomad popularity, meetups, community presence, networking, coworking and nomad cafés, from our AI city scores.
- Events
- 18 upcoming in-person events in the next 60 days.
- Communities
- 0 live groups.
- Fundamentals
- Nomad score, internet speed and cost of living.