Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
East Humboldt Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031242600 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,512 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 17031242600 covers part of the East Humboldt Park area of Chicago, IL, and scores 7.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,512. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units2,588
Renter share71.2%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$85,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9006, -87.6942 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Humboldt Park scores 7.2
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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,703 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 74%Grade C
- 26%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)
- 649Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2001)
- 33Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 15.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.3%Food insecurity
- 14.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Humboldt Park
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. At $1,703 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Chicago commands.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 649 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 3.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 2.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 48% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031242600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031242600?
Census tract 17031242600 in the East Humboldt Park neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (Elevated 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 17031242600?
Median gross rent is $1,703/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031242600?
17.3% of residents in tract 17031242600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,512.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031242600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 64th, minority 70th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 17031242600 considered part of East Humboldt Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031242600 fall within East Humboldt Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031242600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 649 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031242600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.50% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031242600 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.4% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031242600 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031242600 scores 7.2/10, higher 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 17031242600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 26% 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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8.1
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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