10 census tracts · pop 45,207 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.9/10
· range 5.7–7.8
Elsdon is a 10-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL, population 45,207. The Eviction Risk Score is 6.9/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 55% against 29.3% citywide, putting Elsdon 25.4% over its own city.
Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.4/10. 26.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.7 to 7.8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.
At $1,104 a month, rents sit 23% under what the rest of Chicago commands. The severe-burden share is 17%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Food insecurity affects 30.1% of adults, 12.3 points above the national rate.
Filings are well documented here: 1,931 across 10 observed tracts. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 19.1% of renter households. That places it #101 of 187 neighborhoods in Chicago. Judgments average 0.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
At 28% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
10 tracts · population-weighted
Elsdon vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority88%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport45%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Elsdon
Aggregated across 10 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,931Total filings (sum)
3.31%Avg annual filing rate
19.1%Peak year (2015)
3.43%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Elsdon
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
24.7%Housing insecurity
11.8%Utility shutoff threat
30.3%Food insecurity
22.0%SNAP enrollment
26.7%No health insurance
31.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Elsdon
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Elsdon?
Elsdon scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier) across 10 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 Elsdon compare to Chicago overall?
Elsdon scores 0.2 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,104 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Elsdon?
Average gross rent in Elsdon is $1,104/month (pop-weighted across 10 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Elsdon residents are renters?
28% of Elsdon households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 45,207 residents.
Q5
Is Elsdon a high social-vulnerability area?
Elsdon sits in the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Elsdon have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Elsdon is census tract 17031650302 (score 7.8/10). Across the 10 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.7 to 7.8, a spread of 2.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Elsdon for landlords?
Elsdon carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.9/10). Pop-weighted across 10 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Elsdon?
Elsdon has 45,297 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (85.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (11.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (1.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
