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Neighborhood

Eviction Risk in Ducktown , Chicago

2 census tracts · pop 7,459 · pop-weighted composite 6.1/10 · range 6.0–6.2

Ducktown is a hispanic / latino neighborhood in Chicago with 2 census tracts and a population of 7,459 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 6.1/10 (Elevated tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 57% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 27% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $1,261/month sits 12% lower than the Chicago citywide median ($1,440).

Eviction Risk
6.1
Elevated tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
57%
27% severely burdened
Median rent
$1,261
Median household income
$76,468
13.6% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Ducktown vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Ducktown score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Ducktown: 6.16.1DucktownNeighborhoodParent city: 6.86.8Parent cityhost cityState: 5.75.7Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by composite score.

Peer · IL
Chinatown
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
2 tracts · pop. 8.6K
Peer · IL
Douglass Park
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
3 tracts · pop. 4.6K
Peer · IL
Edgewater Beach
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
6 tracts · pop. 17.9K
Peer · IL
Edgewater Glen
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
5 tracts · pop. 19.1K
Comparison

Ducktown vs Chicago

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
6.1 -10%
Chicago: 6.8
Rent burden
56.9% +94%
Chicago: 29.3%
Median gross rent
$1,261 -12%
Chicago: $1,440
Median HH income
$76,468 +2%
Chicago: $75,134
Poverty rate
13.6% -19%
Chicago: 16.8%
Renter share
33.6% -38%
Chicago: 54.0%
Where

Tract centroids in Ducktown

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

Hispanic / Latino Neighborhood — 7,456 residents across all tracts in Ducktown. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 60.5% White (non-Hispanic): 15% Black (non-Hispanic): 2.5% Asian (non-Hispanic): 21.1% Other / Multiracial: 1%
  • Hispanic / Latino 60.5%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 15%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 2.5%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 21.1%
  • Other / Multiracial 1%
Census tracts

2 tracts in Ducktown

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

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
17031840300 6.2 3,646 61% $1,443
17031590600 6.0 3,813 53% $1,086
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 76

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 86%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 65%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 42%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Ducktown

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 499Total filings (sum)
  • 3.34%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.7%Peak year (2002)
  • 4.85%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Ducktown

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

Frequently asked

About Ducktown

What is the eviction-risk score for Ducktown?

Ducktown scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Ducktown compare to Chicago overall?

Ducktown scores 0.7 points lower than Chicago overall (6.8/10). Rent burden: 57% vs 29% citywide. Median rent: $1,261 vs $1,440.

What is the median rent in Ducktown?

Median gross rent in Ducktown is $1,261/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Ducktown residents are renters?

34% of Ducktown households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 7,459 residents.

Is Ducktown a high social-vulnerability area?

Ducktown sits in the 76th 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.

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