Gerrymandered much? You're not imagining things, the boundaries of Chicago's 30th Ward make little sense to anyone except for the members of the City Council that drew the boundaries of the current wards back in 2011.  Chicago's wards are redrawn every 10 years after the city receives the latest Census data.  As the country just completed the 2020 Census, the City Council will redraw the boundaries in 2021, accounting for any population shifts and breaking up the city into 50 contiguous wards that each have roughly the same amount of residents.  The City Council must pass an ordinance containing a description of the redistricted ward map by December 1, 2021.  The approved map does not go into effect until Chicago's next Mayoral/City Council election on February 28th, 2023.  Until then, there are approximately 56,000 residents living in the 30th Ward.