8 census tracts · pop 33,363 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8/10
· range 7.7–8.1
Cragin spans 8 census tracts of Chicago, IL, population 33,363. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8/10, in the High tier. 54% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Chicago rate of 29.3%.
Severe burden reaches 34%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Food insecurity affects 43.5% of adults, 25.7 points above the national rate.
SNAP participation is 40.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 1.7/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. At $1,166 a month, rents sit 19% under what the rest of Chicago commands. Court records carry 4,081 eviction filings across its 8 observed tracts.
Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 9.4% of renter households. That places it #38 of 187 neighborhoods in Chicago.
Judgments average 1.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
8
High
8 tracts · population-weighted
Cragin vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority95%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport43%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cragin
Aggregated across 8 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
4,081Total filings (sum)
4.89%Avg annual filing rate
9.4%Peak year (2015)
4.76%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cragin
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
33.2%Housing insecurity
19.6%Utility shutoff threat
43.0%Food insecurity
39.4%SNAP enrollment
26.5%No health insurance
37.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cragin
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cragin?
Cragin scores 8/10 (High tier) across 8 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 Cragin compare to Chicago overall?
Cragin scores 1.3 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,166 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cragin?
Average gross rent in Cragin is $1,166/month (pop-weighted across 8 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cragin residents are renters?
58% of Cragin households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 33,363 residents.
Q5
Is Cragin a high social-vulnerability area?
Cragin sits in the 86th 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 Cragin have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Cragin is census tract 17031191100 (score 8.1/10). Across the 8 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.7 to 8.1, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Cragin for landlords?
Cragin carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8/10). Pop-weighted across 8 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 Cragin?
Cragin has 32,448 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (59.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (33.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (5.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
