2 census tracts · pop 8,012 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10
· range 5.5–5.9
Bowmanville spans 2 census tracts of Chicago, IL, population 8,012. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.7/10, in the Moderate tier. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.7/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. At $1,748 a month, rents sit 21% over what the rest of Chicago commands.
31% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. 13% 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.
Disability prevalence reaches 17.4% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Filings are well documented here: 480 across 2 observed tracts.
On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. The worst year on record was 2001, when filings touched 4.0% of renter households.
SNAP participation is 6.8% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The most recent observed rate, 0.6% in 2015, is well off that peak. That places it #149 of 187 neighborhoods in Chicago.
Poverty sits at 7%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
With little internal variation, 5.7/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Bowmanville vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority49%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport33%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bowmanville
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
480Total filings (sum)
1.36%Avg annual filing rate
4.0%Peak year (2001)
0.61%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bowmanville
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.1%Housing insecurity
5.0%Utility shutoff threat
9.0%Food insecurity
6.7%SNAP enrollment
6.4%No health insurance
17.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bowmanville
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bowmanville?
Bowmanville scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Bowmanville compare to Chicago overall?
Bowmanville scores 1.0 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 31% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,748 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bowmanville?
Average gross rent in Bowmanville is $1,748/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bowmanville residents are renters?
59% of Bowmanville households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 8,012 residents.
Q5
Is Bowmanville a high social-vulnerability area?
Bowmanville sits in the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Bowmanville have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Bowmanville is census tract 17031040402 (score 5.9/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.5 to 5.9, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Bowmanville for landlords?
Bowmanville carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Bowmanville?
Bowmanville has 7,588 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (66.3%), Hispanic / Latino (21%), Other / Multiracial (5.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
