Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Edgewater Beach Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031030604 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,921 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
17031030604 is a census tract in the Edgewater Beach area of Chicago, IL. It scores 8.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,921 residents. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,058
Renter share74.4%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate19.8%
Median income$51,032
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9859, -87.6525 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edgewater Beach scores 8.1
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
19.8% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,241 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Edgewater Beach compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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
- 25%Grade B
- 25%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 1,381Total filings over 15 yrs
- 8.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.5%Peak (2012)
- 71Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 30% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Edgewater Beach. 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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 8.0%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Edgewater Beach
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. 74% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2/10.
The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 1,381 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
At $1,241 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Chicago commands. The worst year on record was 2012, when 11.5% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 8.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031030604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031030604?
Census tract 17031030604 in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 17031030604?
Median gross rent is $1,241/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031030604?
19.8% of residents in tract 17031030604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,921.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031030604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 47th, minority 63th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 17031030604 considered part of Edgewater Beach?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031030604 fall within Edgewater Beach (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031030604?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,381 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031030604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.33% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031030604 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031030604 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031030604 scores 8.1/10, 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 17031030604 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. 0% 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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