Custom Merch for Schools and Clubs in Chicago, IL
Merch Mob makes spirit wear, team orders, and class and graduation shirts for schools and clubs in Chicago, IL, at its shop in Montclair, CA, and ships them to Chicago. K-12 students are 14% of Chicago residents aged 3 and up, against 17% nationally and 17% statewide (Census ACS, 2020-2024), so offer an alumni or family design alongside the student one to widen the buyer pool.
Chicago by the numbers
Chicago's population has held steady since 2020, at 2,731,585 residents (Census estimates).
Schools, teams and student clubs are spread across public agencies and several Census categories, so there is no clean count to show.
Cook County as a whole has 5,194,625 residents, down 1.6% since 2020.
- Population, 2025
- 2,731,585
- Since 2020
- −0.6%
- County
- Cook County
- Time zone
- Central
- Median age
- 35.8 (US 38.9)
- In kindergarten to grade 12
- 14% (US 17%)
- Warmest month, average high
- July, 85°F
- Coldest month, average low
- January, 19°F
- Days at 90°F or hotter, a year
- 20
- Nights at 32°F or colder, a year
- 106
- Rain and melted snow, a year
- 34 in
- Snow, a year
- 39 in
- USPS zone from the shop
- 7
Weather: Chicago Midway Airport station, 5 mi from Chicago's center (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals); snow from the Chicago Midway Airport 3SW station. People: Census ACS 2020-2024. Counts: CBP 2023, by county, paid-employee establishments. Population: Census, July 2025.
What Chicago's weather means for schools and clubs
July averages a high of 85°F, so the first home games of fall can still be tee weather, but from October highs average under 65°F, and spirit wear sold at games should lean on fleece. Winter sports play out from December to February, when average highs stay below 45°F, so stock beanies and heavyweight hoodies for the basketball and wrestling crowd. Summers still bring about 20 days a year at 90°F or above, so summer camp and preseason shirts should be light and breathable even here. With roughly 39 inches of snow a year, staff who handle bus lines and outdoor duty need a real jacket, and a school crest on it makes it part of the staff order. Freezing nights are common, about 106 a year at 32°F or lower, so have the winter order in hand before the last home games of the fall season, not after the first cold snap.
| Month in Chicago | Average high | Average low | Rain and melted snow (in) | What sells for school and teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 19°F | 1.5 | Heavy hoodies and beanies |
| February | 37°F | 23°F | 1.5 | Heavy hoodies and beanies |
| March | 48°F | 32°F | 1.9 | Game-night hoodies and crewnecks |
| April | 60°F | 41°F | 3.6 | Game-night hoodies and crewnecks |
| May | 71°F | 52°F | 4.1 | Spirit tees and team shirts |
| June | 81°F | 62°F | 4 | Spirit tees and team shirts |
| July | 85°F | 68°F | 3.6 | Practice tees, caps and visors |
| August | 83°F | 66°F | 4 | Spirit tees and team shirts |
| September | 76°F | 59°F | 2.8 | Spirit tees and team shirts |
| October | 63°F | 47°F | 3.5 | Game-night hoodies and crewnecks |
| November | 49°F | 35°F | 2.4 | Game-night hoodies and crewnecks |
| December | 38°F | 25°F | 1.8 | Heavy hoodies and beanies |
Made in So Cal, shipped to Chicago.
Orders ship to Chicago from the shop; there is no office or pickup point in Illinois.
Chicago is about 1,711 miles from Merch Mob's shop in Montclair, CA, a straight-line distance. From the shop's ZIP code, Chicago is USPS zone 7. Chicago is on Central time, 2 hours ahead of the shop's Pacific time.
From the production floor
Merch Mob production in Southern California.
Ordering from Chicago
When should a school or club in Chicago take hoodie orders?
Hoodie weather in Chicago runs October to April, so take orders as soon as school starts and keep a store or reorder window open into winter, since families also buy hoodies as December gifts.
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