6 census tracts · pop 15,633 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.6/10
· range 5.3–7.2
East Humboldt Park is a 6-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL and houses 15,633 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6.6/10, in the Elevated tier. At $1,828 a month, rents sit 27% over what the rest of Chicago commands.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.3 to 7.2, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. The severe-burden share is 17%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Cost burden runs 35% against 29.3% citywide, putting East Humboldt Park 5.9% over its own city. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
Filings are well documented here: 2,053 across 6 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2013 at 11.0% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 2.2% in 2015, is well off that peak.
Among the 187 mapped neighborhoods of Chicago, it ranks #106 by risk, the middle third. For a like-for-like read, Jackowo and Kosciuszko Park score within a fraction of it.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $106,354. 65% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
6 tracts · population-weighted
East Humboldt Park vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority64%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport47%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in East Humboldt Park
Aggregated across 6 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,053Total filings (sum)
2.87%Avg annual filing rate
11.0%Peak year (2013)
2.07%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in East Humboldt Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.6%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility shutoff threat
15.1%Food insecurity
12.1%SNAP enrollment
10.4%No health insurance
21.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About East Humboldt Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for East Humboldt Park?
East Humboldt Park scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 East Humboldt Park compare to Chicago overall?
East Humboldt Park scores 0.1 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,828 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in East Humboldt Park?
Average gross rent in East Humboldt Park is $1,828/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of East Humboldt Park residents are renters?
65% of East Humboldt Park households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 15,633 residents.
Q5
Is East Humboldt Park a high social-vulnerability area?
East Humboldt Park sits in the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 East Humboldt Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in East Humboldt Park is census tract 17031242600 (score 7.2/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 7.2, a spread of 1.9 points.
Q7
How safe is East Humboldt Park for landlords?
East Humboldt Park carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.6/10). 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of East Humboldt Park?
East Humboldt Park has 15,321 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.6%), Hispanic / Latino (31.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
