Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
East Humboldt Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031241200 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,698 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 17031241200 in the East Humboldt Park area of Chicago, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 33% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units887
Renter share59.2%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$139,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9067, -87.6847 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Humboldt Park scores 5.3
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
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,744 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 East Humboldt Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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)
- 83Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2013)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Humboldt Park. 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 17.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Humboldt Park
The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 17.4% against 31.5% nationally.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Average gross rent is $1,744, 21% above the Chicago average. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.9% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 83 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2013 at 2.7% of renter households.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 2.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $139,688, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031241200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031241200?
Census tract 17031241200 in the East Humboldt Park neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 17031241200?
Median gross rent is $1,744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031241200?
9.4% of residents in tract 17031241200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,698.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031241200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 4th, minority 52th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 17031241200 considered part of East Humboldt Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031241200 fall within East Humboldt Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031241200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031241200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.16% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031241200 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031241200 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031241200 scores 5.3/10, lower 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 17031241200 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. 100% 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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