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Chatham Fields Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago

Tract 17031440201 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,096 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 17031440201 sits in the Chatham Fields neighborhood of Chicago eviction risk, Illinois eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. That is riskier than about 89% of US census tracts.

About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,068 a month while the average household earns $38,257 a year, roughly 33% of income at the averages. Renters make up 74% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 34% Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units2,351
Renter share73.8%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate32.3%
Median income$38,257

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Chatham Fields
Very High
Within parent city
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#41 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Very High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#29 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.7482, -87.6101 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chatham Fields scores 7.2

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
32.3% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,068 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Chatham Fields compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chatham Fields risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.27.2This tracttract 440201Chicago: 5.75.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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)

  • 2,132Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 7.92%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.3%Peak (2001)
  • 159Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170314402012001: 184 filings (11.29/100 renter HHs)2002: 156 filings (9.57/100 renter HHs)2003: 139 filings (8.53/100 renter HHs)2004: 172 filings (10.55/100 renter HHs)2005: 127 filings (7.42/100 renter HHs)2006: 94 filings (5.49/100 renter HHs)2007: 139 filings (8.12/100 renter HHs)2008: 119 filings (6.95/100 renter HHs)2009: 104 filings (6.08/100 renter HHs)2010: 104 filings (5.37/100 renter HHs)2011: 113 filings (5.62/100 renter HHs)2012: 177 filings (8.80/100 renter HHs)2013: 165 filings (8.20/100 renter HHs)2014: 180 filings (8.95/100 renter HHs)2015: 159 filings (7.90/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Chatham Fields. 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 Chatham Fields

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chicago eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 30.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 21.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031440201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031440201?

Census tract 17031440201 in the Chatham Fields neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (Elevated 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 17031440201?

Median gross rent is $1,068/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031440201?

32.3% of residents in tract 17031440201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,096.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031440201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 70th, minority 100th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 17031440201 considered part of Chatham Fields?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031440201 fall within Chatham Fields (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031440201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,132 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031440201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.92% of renter households, peaking at 11.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031440201 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.5% 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. 21.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031440201 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031440201 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Chicago at 5.7/10. 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 17031440201 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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