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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally

Forest Glen Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

Tract 17031110501 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,097 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 5.6/10, tract 17031110501 in the Forest Glen area of Chicago, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,097 residents. The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 21% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,960
Renter share38.8%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$104,848

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Forest Glen
Moderate
Within parent city
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#650 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Very Low
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#819 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#1,130 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.9770, -87.7619 · click any tract to drill in

Why Forest Glen scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,552 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Forest Glen compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Forest Glen risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.6This tracttract 1105016.7Chicagoparent city6.1Countyavg tract in county5.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 129Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 1.54%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.1%Peak (2002)
  • 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 17031110501
Filings climbed 83% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Forest 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Forest Glen

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Court records carry 129 eviction filings across 15 observed years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 2.1% 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 1.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.1/10.

Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $104,848, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031110501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031110501?

Census tract 17031110501 in the Forest Glen neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 17031110501?

Median gross rent is $1,552/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031110501?

7.4% of residents in tract 17031110501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,097.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031110501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 40th, minority 69th, housing 20th.
Q5

Is tract 17031110501 considered part of Forest Glen?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031110501 fall within Forest Glen (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031110501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 129 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031110501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.54% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031110501 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.7% 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 17031110501 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031110501 scores 5.6/10, lower 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 17031110501 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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