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Neighborhood · Chicago, IL

Edison Park Eviction Risk: Moderate

5 census tracts · pop 20,531 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.3/10 · range 3–5.5

Edison Park is a 5-tract suburb of Chicago, IL, population 20,531. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.3/10, Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 44% against 29.3% citywide, putting Edison Park 14.8% over its own city.

At $2,011 a month, rents sit 40% over what the rest of Chicago commands. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3 to 5.5, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.4/10.

The severe-burden share is 18%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Filings are well documented here: 261 across 5 observed tracts.

The voucher gap is 14.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. 4.1% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filing activity peaked in 2013 at 5.0% of renter households.

5.1% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The most recent observed rate, 1.5% in 2015, is well off that peak. That places it #186 of 187 neighborhoods in Chicago.

At 14% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.3 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
4.3
Moderate
5 tracts · population-weighted
Edison Park vs Chicago How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
44.1% +51%
Chicago: 29.3%
Average gross rent
$2,011 +40%
Chicago: $1,440
Average HH income
$146,359 +95%
Chicago: $75,134
Poverty rate
4.8% -71%
Chicago: 16.8%
Renter share
13.7% -75%
Chicago: 54.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Edison Park and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 5 tracts span score 3–5.5

Why Edison Park scores 4.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.6–8.5 across tracts
7.7
Rent control risk
44% of income on rent · Range 5.4–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.3–7.5 across tracts
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
14% renter households · Range 3.7–8.0 across tracts
6.1
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.0–6.5 across tracts
5.4
Economic stress
4.8% below poverty line · Range 1.0–2.1 across tracts
1.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.2–10.0 across tracts
5.8
Risk score comparison

Edison Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Edison Park score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Edison Park: 4.34.3Edison ParkNeighborhoodParent city: 6.76.7Parent cityhost cityState: 5.15.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Edison Park?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
0246810
Spread of 2.5 points from 3 to 5.5. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

5 tracts in Edison Park

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
17031090300 5.5 1,371 52% $1,272
17031090200 5.3 6,505 47% $1,659
17031090100 5.3 3,526 11% $1,821
17031805600 3 4,794 49% $3,122
17031805502 3 4,335 59% $1,701
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 14

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 8%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 39%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 25%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 32%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Edison Park

Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 261Total filings (sum)
  • 1.79%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.0%Peak year (2013)
  • 1.55%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Edison Park

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Edison Park

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Edison Park?

Edison Park scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 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 Edison Park compare to Chicago overall?

Edison Park scores 2.4 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 44% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,011 vs $1,440.
Q3

What is the average rent in Edison Park?

Average gross rent in Edison Park is $2,011/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Edison Park residents are renters?

14% of Edison Park households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 20,531 residents.
Q5

Is Edison Park a high social-vulnerability area?

Edison Park sits in the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Edison Park have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Edison Park is census tract 17031090300 (score 5.5/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.5, a spread of 2.5 points.
Q7

How safe is Edison Park for landlords?

Edison Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.3/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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 lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Edison Park?

Edison Park has 20,185 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (85.2%), Hispanic / Latino (9.5%), Other / Multiracial (2.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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