Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Edgewater Glen Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031010503 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,417 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 17031010503 sits in the Edgewater Glen area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. Population here is 2,417. Set annual rent against average income of $21,924 and the ratio lands at 61%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units1,477
Renter share88.0%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate46.9%
Median income$21,924
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 42.0003, -87.6631 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edgewater Glen 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
46.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,122 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Glen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 95%Grade B
- 5%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)
- 310Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2012)
- 26Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Edgewater Glen. 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.
- 17.1%Housing insecurity
- 11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.6%Food insecurity
- 26.5%SNAP enrollment
- 13.7%Transit barriers
- 11.1%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Edgewater Glen
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 47%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. This is renter territory: 88% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,122, 22% below the Chicago average. SNAP participation runs 26.5% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 26.6% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 310 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 4.3% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031010503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031010503?
Census tract 17031010503 in the Edgewater Glen 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 17031010503?
Median gross rent is $1,122/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031010503?
46.9% of residents in tract 17031010503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,417.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031010503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 61th, minority 44th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 17031010503 considered part of Edgewater Glen?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031010503 fall within Edgewater Glen (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031010503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 310 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031010503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.89% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031010503 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.1% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031010503 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031010503 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 17031010503 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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