Mosaic House, a new coworking space on Chicago's Northwest Side, aims to solve a common challenge for working mothers by offering an innovative solution under one roof.

But for one 50-something Chicago couple—a businessman and an artist—the bitter quickly gave way to the sweet. “It was our chance to break free and embrace a daring new era,” says the wife.

Stacker compiled a list of the most common languages spoken at home in the Chicago metro area using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Languages are ranked by the percent of households that ...