Altgeld Gardens Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

At $584 a month, rents run 59% under what the rest of Chicago commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 41.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Food insecurity runs 64.7% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 57%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

This is renter territory: 93% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Set annual rent against average income of $16,176 and the ratio lands at 43%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Court records carry 2,343 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Against Cook County at 45.6%, 42% of renters here are cost-burdened.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.