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Chatham Fields Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

Tract 17031440202 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,763 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 17031440202 covers part of the Chatham Fields area of Chicago, IL, and scores 8.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,763. Severe burden reaches 32%. 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 40% Stable renters 27% Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units1,618
Renter share66.8%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$35,079

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Chatham Fields
Moderate
Within parent city
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#87 of 792 tracts In Chicago
High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#125 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very 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 41.7410, -87.6098 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chatham Fields 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
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$950 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 Chatham Fields compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chatham Fields risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.18.1This tracttract 440202Chicago: 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: 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)

  • 966Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 4.84%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.2%Peak (2003)
  • 54Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170314402022001: 71 filings (4.56/100 renter HHs)2002: 48 filings (3.08/100 renter HHs)2003: 112 filings (7.19/100 renter HHs)2004: 68 filings (4.36/100 renter HHs)2005: 75 filings (4.59/100 renter HHs)2006: 85 filings (5.20/100 renter HHs)2007: 59 filings (3.61/100 renter HHs)2008: 74 filings (4.52/100 renter HHs)2009: 54 filings (3.30/100 renter HHs)2010: 33 filings (3.44/100 renter HHs)2011: 47 filings (4.71/100 renter HHs)2012: 54 filings (5.42/100 renter HHs)2013: 43 filings (4.31/100 renter HHs)2014: 89 filings (8.93/100 renter HHs)2015: 54 filings (5.42/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 24% 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

Against Cook County at 45.6%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. At $950 a month, rents run 34% under what the rest of Chicago commands.

Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $35,079, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 67% 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, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

SNAP participation runs 25.9% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 966 filings here across 15 tracked years.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031440202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031440202?

Census tract 17031440202 in the Chatham Fields 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 17031440202?

Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031440202?

20.3% of residents in tract 17031440202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,763.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031440202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 85th, minority 99th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 17031440202 considered part of Chatham Fields?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031440202 fall within Chatham Fields (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031440202?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 966 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031440202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.84% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031440202 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.3% 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. 14.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031440202 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031440202 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 17031440202 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

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Top eight tracts in Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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