6 census tracts · pop 29,464 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 4.1–6.4
Clearing takes in 6 census tracts of Chicago, IL, population 29,464. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.6/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 54% against 29.3% citywide, putting Clearing 25.1% over its own city.
Severe burden reaches 33%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.5/10. The 6 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.1 to 6.4, a 2.3-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.4/10. Court records carry 1,119 eviction filings across its 6 observed tracts.
Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.1/10. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 7.7% of renter households.
That places it #155 of 187 neighborhoods in Chicago. Judgments average 1.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
For a like-for-like read, Magnificent Mile and Ravenswood Gardens score within a fraction of it.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
6 tracts · population-weighted
Clearing vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority73%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport39%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Clearing
Aggregated across 6 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,119Total filings (sum)
3.22%Avg annual filing rate
7.7%Peak year (2015)
2.99%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Clearing
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
16.6%Housing insecurity
8.2%Utility shutoff threat
19.5%Food insecurity
14.3%SNAP enrollment
16.7%No health insurance
27.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Clearing
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Clearing?
Clearing scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 6 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 Clearing compare to Chicago overall?
Clearing scores 1.1 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,515 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Clearing?
Average gross rent in Clearing is $1,515/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Clearing residents are renters?
22% of Clearing households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 29,464 residents.
Q5
Is Clearing a high social-vulnerability area?
Clearing sits in the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Clearing have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Clearing is census tract 17031640600 (score 6.4/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.1 to 6.4, a spread of 2.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Clearing for landlords?
Clearing carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 6 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Clearing?
Clearing has 29,569 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (59.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (37.2%), Other / Multiracial (1.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
