Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Glenwood Arts District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago

Tract 17031010600 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,379 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

17031010600 is a census tract in the Glenwood Arts District area of Chicago, IL. It scores 7.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,379. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10.

Risk score

7.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 29% Owners 36%

Tract context

Occupied units3,066

Renter share64.3%

SVI overall0.60

Poverty rate17.7%

Median income$71,920

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 42.0063, -87.6677 · click any tract to drill in

Why Glenwood Arts District scores 7.6

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

17.7% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

$1,276 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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 Glenwood Arts District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

56%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
61%Racial/ethnic minority
99%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
5%Grade B
95%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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

1,152Total filings over 15 yrs
3.64%Avg annual filing rate
7.3%Peak (2001)
49Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2015

Filings dropped 71% over the past 15 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Glenwood Arts District. 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.

13.7%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
15.6%Food insecurity
13.0%SNAP enrollment
8.2%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
15.8%Frequent mental distress
22.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Glenwood Arts District

The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Cook County average of 45.6%. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

It sits 1.5 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,152 filings here across 15 tracked years. At $1,276 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Chicago commands. Filings peaked in 2001 at 7.3% of renter households.

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 3.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #9,927 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.5 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031010600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031010600?

Census tract 17031010600 in the Glenwood Arts District neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17031010600?

Median gross rent is $1,276/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031010600?

17.7% of residents in tract 17031010600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,379.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031010600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 2th, minority 61th, housing 99th.

Is tract 17031010600 considered part of Glenwood Arts District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031010600 fall within Glenwood Arts District (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031010600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,152 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031010600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.64% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 17031010600 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.7% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17031010600 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031010600 scores 7.6/10, higher 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.

Was tract 17031010600 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chicago

Top eight tracts in Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org