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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

Glenwood Arts District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago

Tract 17031010701 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,590 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

17031010701 is a census tract in the Glenwood Arts District area of Chicago, IL. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,590. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 26% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,652
Renter share50.4%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$74,208

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 8 tracts In Glenwood Arts District
Very Low
Within parent city
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#515 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Low
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#600 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#716 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 42.0091, -87.6786 · click any tract to drill in

Why Glenwood Arts District scores 6.5

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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,338 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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.
Glenwood Arts District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 010701Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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)

  • 464Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 2.74%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.0%Peak (2002)
  • 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170310107012001: 37 filings (2.23/100 renter HHs)2002: 49 filings (2.96/100 renter HHs)2003: 48 filings (2.90/100 renter HHs)2004: 28 filings (1.69/100 renter HHs)2005: 25 filings (1.88/100 renter HHs)2006: 30 filings (2.26/100 renter HHs)2007: 24 filings (1.81/100 renter HHs)2008: 26 filings (1.96/100 renter HHs)2009: 28 filings (2.11/100 renter HHs)2010: 36 filings (4.35/100 renter HHs)2011: 21 filings (2.69/100 renter HHs)2012: 36 filings (4.60/100 renter HHs)2013: 30 filings (3.84/100 renter HHs)2014: 24 filings (3.07/100 renter HHs)2015: 22 filings (2.81/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 41% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Glenwood Arts District

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Court records carry 464 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 3.0% of renter households.

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 2.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #15,451 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

48% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031010701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031010701?

Census tract 17031010701 in the Glenwood Arts District neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 17031010701?

Median gross rent is $1,338/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031010701?

8.3% of residents in tract 17031010701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,590.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031010701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 30th, minority 74th, housing 62th.
Q5

Is tract 17031010701 considered part of Glenwood Arts District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031010701 fall within Glenwood Arts District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031010701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 464 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031010701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.74% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031010701 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.0% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031010701 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031010701 scores 6.5/10, right in line with 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 17031010701 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.

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