Within neighborhood
71
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Central Park Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031260300 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,878 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 17031260300 covers part of the Central Park area of Chicago, IL, and scores 8.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,878. Severe burden reaches 48%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units469
Renter share71.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate36.3%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
94
th percentile
Very High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8843, -87.7331 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central Park scores 8.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
36.3% poverty · this tract
9.1
Supply constraint
$880 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 Central Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 70%Grade C
- 28%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 547Total filings over 15 yrs
- 8.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.5%Peak (2001)
- 24Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 70% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Central 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.
- 37.1%Housing insecurity
- 25.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.7%Food insecurity
- 50.3%SNAP enrollment
- 22.0%Transit barriers
- 16.7%No health insurance
- 20.9%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central Park
Cost burden runs 70% here against 45.6% across Cook County. Food insecurity runs 47.7% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 50.3% against 15.2% nationally.
At $880 a month, rents run 39% under what the rest of Chicago commands. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.1/10.
The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points.
71% 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. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 547 evictions over 15 years of observation.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031260300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031260300?
Census tract 17031260300 in the Central 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 17031260300?
Median gross rent is $880/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031260300?
36.3% of residents in tract 17031260300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,878.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031260300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 85th, minority 97th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 17031260300 considered part of Central Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031260300 fall within Central Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031260300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 547 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031260300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.18% of renter households, peaking at 16.5% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031260300 struggle to pay rent?
About 37.1% 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. 25.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031260300 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031260300 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 17031260300 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. 28% 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.
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