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Neighborhood · Chicago, IL

Chester Highlands Eviction Risk: High

3 census tracts · pop 10,466 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.1/10 · range 8.1–8.1

Chester Highlands takes in 3 census tracts of Chicago, IL, population 10,466. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 8.1/10, High tier. Cost burden runs 46% against 29.3% citywide, putting Chester Highlands 16.4% over its own city.

SNAP participation is 43.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.1/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 31.4% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.

At $1,050 a month, rents sit 27% under what the rest of Chicago commands. The severe-burden share is 19%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

Court records carry 2,235 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.

Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 15.1% of renter households. Among the 187 mapped neighborhoods of Chicago, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.

Judgments average 1.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

With little internal variation, 8.1/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
8.1
High
3 tracts · population-weighted
Chester Highlands vs Chicago How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
45.7% +56%
Chicago: 29.3%
Average gross rent
$1,050 -27%
Chicago: $1,440
Average HH income
$46,261 -38%
Chicago: $75,134
Poverty rate
23.6% +40%
Chicago: 16.8%
Renter share
59.4% +10%
Chicago: 54.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chester Highlands and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 8.1–8.1

Why Chester Highlands scores 8.1

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
46% 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
59% 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
23.6% below poverty line · Range 5.2–8.8 across tracts
5.9
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.2 across tracts
1.1
Risk score comparison

Chester Highlands vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Chester Highlands score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Chester Highlands: 8.18.1Chester HighlandsNeighborhoodParent city: 6.76.7Parent cityhost cityState: 5.15.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Chester Highlands?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 0 points from 8.1 to 8.1. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

3 tracts in Chester Highlands

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
17031710800 8.1 4,536 47% $1,097
17031711000 8.1 3,779 43% $1,067
17031710900 8.1 2,151 47% $919
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 90

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 90%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 91%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 98%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 51%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Chester Highlands

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 2,235Total filings (sum)
  • 7.55%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.1%Peak year (2015)
  • 7.76%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Chester Highlands

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

Frequently asked

About Chester Highlands

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Chester Highlands?

Chester Highlands scores 8.1/10 (High tier) across 3 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 Chester Highlands compare to Chicago overall?

Chester Highlands scores 1.4 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,050 vs $1,440.
Q3

What is the average rent in Chester Highlands?

Average gross rent in Chester Highlands is $1,050/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Chester Highlands residents are renters?

59% of Chester Highlands households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 10,466 residents.
Q5

Is Chester Highlands a high social-vulnerability area?

Chester Highlands sits in the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Chester Highlands have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Chester Highlands is census tract 17031710800 (score 8.1/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.1 to 8.1, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Chester Highlands for landlords?

Chester Highlands carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.1/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Chester Highlands?

Chester Highlands has 10,275 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (92.5%), Hispanic / Latino (4.8%), Other / Multiracial (1.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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