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Glenwood Arts District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago

Tract 17031830600 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,788 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 17031830600 sits in the Glenwood Arts District area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. It is home to 4,788 residents. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 43% Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units2,168
Renter share76.4%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$64,261

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 8 tracts In Glenwood Arts District
Low
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#378 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Moderate
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#424 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#459 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 42.0017, -87.6736 · click any tract to drill in

Why Glenwood Arts District scores 7.4

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
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,301 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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: 7.47.4This tracttract 830600Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 858Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 3.98%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.4%Peak (2002)
  • 47Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318306002001: 92 filings (5.28/100 renter HHs)2002: 94 filings (5.39/100 renter HHs)2003: 67 filings (3.84/100 renter HHs)2004: 55 filings (3.15/100 renter HHs)2005: 40 filings (2.95/100 renter HHs)2006: 46 filings (3.39/100 renter HHs)2007: 45 filings (3.32/100 renter HHs)2008: 50 filings (3.69/100 renter HHs)2009: 34 filings (2.51/100 renter HHs)2010: 51 filings (3.88/100 renter HHs)2011: 54 filings (4.24/100 renter HHs)2012: 70 filings (5.49/100 renter HHs)2013: 60 filings (4.71/100 renter HHs)2014: 53 filings (4.16/100 renter HHs)2015: 47 filings (3.69/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 49% 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

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. Court records carry 858 eviction filings across 15 observed years.

Average gross rent is $1,301, 10% below the Chicago average. Filings peaked in 2002 at 5.4% 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 4.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031830600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031830600?

Census tract 17031830600 in the Glenwood Arts District neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 17031830600?

Median gross rent is $1,301/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031830600?

14.4% of residents in tract 17031830600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,788.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031830600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 20th, minority 73th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 17031830600 considered part of Glenwood Arts District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031830600 fall within Glenwood Arts District (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031830600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 858 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031830600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.98% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031830600 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.8% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031830600 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031830600 scores 7.4/10, 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.
Q9

Was tract 17031830600 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. 7% 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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