Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Chester Highlands Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031711000 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,779 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
17031711000 is a census tract in the Chester Highlands area of Chicago, IL. It scores 8.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,779. SNAP participation runs 45.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,250
Renter share60.5%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$55,197
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7396, -87.6486 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chester Highlands 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
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,067 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 Chester Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 25%Grade C
- 75%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)
- 760Total filings over 15 yrs
- 9.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.3%Peak (2015)
- 62Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Chester Highlands. 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.
- 32.8%Housing insecurity
- 22.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.5%Food insecurity
- 45.3%SNAP enrollment
- 19.7%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 38.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chester Highlands
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 32.8% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,067, 26% below the Chicago average.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 760 evictions over 15 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 10.3% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 9.0% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031711000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031711000?
Census tract 17031711000 in the Chester Highlands 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 17031711000?
Median gross rent is $1,067/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031711000?
20.7% of residents in tract 17031711000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,779.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031711000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 99th, minority 97th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 17031711000 considered part of Chester Highlands?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031711000 fall within Chester Highlands (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031711000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 760 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031711000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.02% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031711000 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.8% 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. 22.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031711000 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031711000 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 17031711000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 75% 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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