3 census tracts · pop 7,190 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.1/10
· range 8.1–8.1
Auburn Park is a 3-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL and houses 7,190 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.1/10, in the High tier. Cost burden runs roughly one in two against 29.3% citywide, putting Auburn Park 18.7% over its own city.
27.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Food insecurity affects 47.7% of adults, 29.9 points above the national rate. 28% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.5/10. Set annual rent against average household income of $38,698 and the ratio lands at 34%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
73% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Average gross rent is $1,082, 25% below the Chicago average of $1,440. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.
Running hot is economic stress at 7.6/10. Filings are well documented here: 3,580 across 3 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2002, when filings touched 17.7% of renter households.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
8.1
High
3 tracts · population-weighted
Auburn Park vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority99%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport74%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Auburn Park
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
3,580Total filings (sum)
10.00%Avg annual filing rate
17.7%Peak year (2002)
10.95%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Auburn Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
36.5%Housing insecurity
26.8%Utility shutoff threat
47.1%Food insecurity
51.5%SNAP enrollment
14.3%No health insurance
39.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Auburn Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Auburn Park?
Auburn Park scores 8.1/10 (High tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Auburn Park compare to Chicago overall?
Auburn Park scores 1.4 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,082 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Auburn Park?
Average gross rent in Auburn Park is $1,082/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Auburn Park residents are renters?
73% of Auburn Park households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 7,190 residents.
Q5
Is Auburn Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Auburn Park sits in the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Auburn Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Auburn Park is census tract 17031691100 (score 8.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.1 to 8.1, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Auburn Park for landlords?
Auburn Park carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.1/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Chicago as a whole (6.7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Auburn Park?
Auburn Park has 7,299 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (97.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (1.1%), Hispanic / Latino (0.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
