Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Galewood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031810900 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 6,324 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 6.2/10, tract 17031810900 in the Galewood area of Elmwood Park, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,324. 64% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%Stable renters 18%Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,429
Renter share48.1%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$56,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 3 tracts In Galewood
Very High
Within parent city
75th percentile
#2 of 5 tracts In Chicago
High
Within county
49th percentile
#682 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Moderate
Within state
75th percentile
#802 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9165, -87.8101 · click any tract to drill in
Why Galewood scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chicago
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,279 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago
5.0
How Galewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
65%Socioeconomic
72%Household composition
60%Racial/ethnic minority
56%Housing & transportation
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.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
54%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
14.7%Housing insecurity
7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
17.3%Food insecurity
13.5%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
12.9%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Galewood
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.9/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.8/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 352 filings here across 15 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 4.5% 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 2.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely. Average gross rent is $1,279, close to the Elmwood Park average.
Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $56,292.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031810900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031810900?
Census tract 17031810900 in the Galewood neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 17031810900?
Median gross rent is $1,279/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031810900?
7.6% of residents in tract 17031810900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,324.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031810900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 72th, minority 60th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 17031810900 considered part of Galewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031810900 fall within Galewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031810900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 352 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031810900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.62% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031810900 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031810900 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031810900 scores 6.2/10, 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 17031810900 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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