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Neighborhood · Chicago, IL

Becks Park Eviction Risk: High

10 census tracts · pop 18,910 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.1/10 · range 7.7–8.1

Becks Park is a 10-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL and houses 18,910 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.1/10, in the High tier. Against a Chicago baseline of 29.3%, 54% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

Food insecurity affects 47.8% of adults, 30.0 points above the national rate. 26.4% 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. The severe-burden share is 33%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Annualized rent equals 40% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. At $934 a month, rents sit 35% under what the rest of Chicago commands.

Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.1/10. The poverty rate is 34%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 78% 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.

On the high side is economic stress at 8.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.

Court records carry 8,714 eviction filings across its 10 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2002, when filings touched 14.3% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 8.5% in 2015, is well off that peak.

That places it #1 of 187 neighborhoods in Chicago.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
8.1
High
10 tracts · population-weighted
Becks Park vs Chicago How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
53.7% +83%
Chicago: 29.3%
Average gross rent
$934 -35%
Chicago: $1,440
Average HH income
$28,263 -62%
Chicago: $75,134
Poverty rate
34.4% +104%
Chicago: 16.8%
Renter share
77.5% +44%
Chicago: 54.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Becks Park and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 10 tracts span score 7.7–8.1

Why Becks Park scores 8.1

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Rent control risk
54% of income on rent · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
78% renter households · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts
8.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Economic stress
34.4% below poverty line · Range 4.2–10.0 across tracts
8.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.9 across tracts
1.1
Risk score comparison

Becks Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Becks Park score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Becks Park: 8.18.1Becks ParkNeighborhoodParent city: 6.76.7Parent cityhost cityState: 5.15.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Becks Park?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 0.4 points from 7.7 to 8.1. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

10 tracts in Becks Park

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
17031680900 8.1 3,560 48% $991
17031690300 8.1 2,303 41% $902
17031681000 8.1 2,297 53% $1,008
17031681100 8.1 1,932 80% $1,083
17031681200 8.1 1,883 65% $863
17031834600 8.1 1,825 66% $786
17031834800 8.1 1,683 40% $608
17031834700 8.1 1,344 49% $1,173
17031834900 8.1 905 55% $634
17031680600 7.7 1,178 42% $1,209
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 90

Pop-weighted across 10 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 94%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 77%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 98%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 64%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Becks Park

Aggregated across 10 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 8,714Total filings (sum)
  • 7.93%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.3%Peak year (2002)
  • 8.14%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Becks Park

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Becks Park

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Becks Park?

Becks Park scores 8.1/10 (High tier) across 10 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 Becks Park compare to Chicago overall?

Becks Park scores 1.4 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $934 vs $1,440.
Q3

What is the average rent in Becks Park?

Average gross rent in Becks Park is $934/month (pop-weighted across 10 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Becks Park residents are renters?

78% of Becks Park households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 18,910 residents.
Q5

Is Becks Park a high social-vulnerability area?

Becks Park sits in the 90th 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 Becks Park have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Becks Park is census tract 17031680900 (score 8.1/10). Across the 10 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.7 to 8.1, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7

How safe is Becks Park for landlords?

Becks Park carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.1/10). Pop-weighted across 10 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 Becks Park?

Becks Park has 19,166 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (88.8%), Hispanic / Latino (6%), Other / Multiracial (3.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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