Forest Hill Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Cook County average of 45.6%. The dominant input is economic stress at 8.9/10. The poverty rate is 35%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Housing insecurity runs 31.2% against 14.2% nationally.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

Average gross rent is $1,168, 19% below the Chicago average. The filing record is not thin: 1,023 evictions over 15 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2002, when 12.2% 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.

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