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Neighborhood · Chicago, IL

Bricktown Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 3,612 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10 · range 5.3–5.3

Bricktown spans 2 census tracts of Chicago, IL and houses 3,612 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.3/10, in the Moderate tier. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.5/10.

On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. Disability prevalence reaches 15.3% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Against a Chicago baseline of 29.3%, 24% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The severe-burden share is 13%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records carry 101 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. SNAP participation is 5.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally. At $1,632 a month, rents sit 13% over what the rest of Chicago commands.

Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 2.2% of renter households. That places it #168 of 187 neighborhoods in Chicago. Judgments average 0.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

Against average income of $183,073, annual rent is only 11%, a wide affordability cushion.

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
5.3
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Bricktown vs Chicago How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
23.8% -19%
Chicago: 29.3%
Average gross rent
$1,632 +13%
Chicago: $1,440
Average HH income
$183,073 +144%
Chicago: $75,134
Poverty rate
5.6% -67%
Chicago: 16.8%
Renter share
38.8% -28%
Chicago: 54.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bricktown and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.3–5.3

Why Bricktown scores 5.3

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
24% 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
39% 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
5.6% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.9 across tracts
1.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.6–5.0 across tracts
4.3
Risk score comparison

Bricktown vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Bricktown score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Bricktown: 5.35.3BricktownNeighborhoodParent city: 6.76.7Parent cityhost cityState: 5.15.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Bricktown

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
17031051100 5.3 1,905 27% $1,514
17031051000 5.3 1,707 20% $1,764
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 8

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 6%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 21%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 12%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Bricktown

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 101Total filings (sum)
  • 0.92%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.2%Peak year (2015)
  • 1.63%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bricktown

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

Frequently asked

About Bricktown

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Bricktown?

Bricktown scores 5.3/10 (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 Bricktown compare to Chicago overall?

Bricktown scores 1.4 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 24% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,632 vs $1,440.
Q3

What is the average rent in Bricktown?

Average gross rent in Bricktown is $1,632/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Bricktown residents are renters?

39% of Bricktown households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 3,612 residents.
Q5

Is Bricktown a high social-vulnerability area?

Bricktown sits in the 8th 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 Bricktown have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Bricktown is census tract 17031051100 (score 5.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 5.3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Bricktown for landlords?

Bricktown carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). 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 Bricktown?

Bricktown has 3,529 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (69.6%), Hispanic / Latino (14.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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