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Auburn Park Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

Tract 17031691100 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,883 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 17031691100 sits in the Auburn Park area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. Cost burden runs 23% here against 45.6% across Cook County.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 57% Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units1,191
Renter share73.3%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$55,170

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Auburn Park
Moderate
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#169 of 792 tracts In Chicago
High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#210 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.7617, -87.6299 · click any tract to drill in

Why Auburn Park scores 8.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chicago
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$898 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago
6.5

How Auburn Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Auburn Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.18.1This tracttract 691100Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,033Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 7.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.3%Peak (2002)
  • 68Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170316911002001: 99 filings (9.94/100 renter HHs)2002: 103 filings (10.34/100 renter HHs)2003: 75 filings (7.53/100 renter HHs)2004: 73 filings (7.33/100 renter HHs)2005: 76 filings (7.64/100 renter HHs)2006: 57 filings (5.73/100 renter HHs)2007: 75 filings (7.54/100 renter HHs)2008: 54 filings (5.43/100 renter HHs)2009: 44 filings (4.42/100 renter HHs)2010: 47 filings (5.10/100 renter HHs)2011: 64 filings (7.67/100 renter HHs)2012: 42 filings (5.04/100 renter HHs)2013: 84 filings (10.07/100 renter HHs)2014: 72 filings (8.63/100 renter HHs)2015: 68 filings (8.15/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Auburn Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Auburn Park

SNAP participation runs 40.0% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $898, 38% below the Chicago average. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.

It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Housing insecurity runs 31.1% against 14.2% nationally.

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 nearby. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,033 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 10.3% of renter households.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031691100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031691100?

Census tract 17031691100 in the Auburn Park neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 17031691100?

Median gross rent is $898/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031691100?

20.5% of residents in tract 17031691100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,883.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031691100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 35th, minority 99th, housing 89th.
Q5

Is tract 17031691100 considered part of Auburn Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031691100 fall within Auburn Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031691100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,033 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031691100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.37% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031691100 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.1% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 20.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031691100 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031691100 scores 8.1/10, higher than the parent city of Chicago at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chicago eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 17031691100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 99% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chicago

Top eight tracts in Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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