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Brainerd Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

Tract 17031711100 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,808 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 17031711100 sits in the Brainerd area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. It is home to 2,808 residents. Average gross rent is $874, 39% below the Chicago average.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 21% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,037
Renter share40.3%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate21.9%
Median income$49,688

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In Brainerd
Very High
Within parent city
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#186 of 792 tracts In Chicago
High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#225 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 41.7395, -87.6583 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brainerd 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
21.9% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$874 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 Brainerd compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brainerd risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.18.1This tracttract 711100Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 85

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 364Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 5.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.4%Peak (2002)
  • 23Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170317111002001: 28 filings (7.11/100 renter HHs)2002: 33 filings (8.38/100 renter HHs)2003: 26 filings (6.60/100 renter HHs)2004: 33 filings (8.38/100 renter HHs)2005: 24 filings (5.54/100 renter HHs)2006: 21 filings (4.85/100 renter HHs)2007: 19 filings (4.39/100 renter HHs)2008: 28 filings (6.47/100 renter HHs)2009: 13 filings (3.00/100 renter HHs)2010: 15 filings (3.23/100 renter HHs)2011: 15 filings (2.86/100 renter HHs)2012: 30 filings (5.71/100 renter HHs)2013: 23 filings (4.38/100 renter HHs)2014: 33 filings (6.29/100 renter HHs)2015: 23 filings (4.38/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 18% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Brainerd. 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 Brainerd

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Food insecurity runs 28.6% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 23.9% against 14.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 364 evictions over 15 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2002 at 8.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031711100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031711100?

Census tract 17031711100 in the Brainerd 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 17031711100?

Median gross rent is $874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031711100?

21.9% of residents in tract 17031711100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,808.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031711100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 46th, minority 100th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 17031711100 considered part of Brainerd?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031711100 fall within Brainerd (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031711100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 364 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031711100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.44% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031711100 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.9% 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. 15.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031711100 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031711100 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 17031711100 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% 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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