Tract 17031691500 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 1,895 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
17031691500 is a census tract in the Grand Crossing area of Chicago, IL. It scores 8.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,895. Severe burden reaches 43%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48%Stable renters 30%Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units884
Renter share77.7%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate45.2%
Median income$24,101
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Grand Crossing
Moderate
Within parent city
66th percentile
#273 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Elevated
Within county
84th percentile
#214 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
High
Within state
100th percentile
#5 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7551, -87.6003 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grand Crossing scores 8.1
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
45.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,035 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Grand Crossing compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
93%Socioeconomic
82%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
40%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
0%Grade A
2%Grade B
23%Grade C
54%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)
653Total filings over 15 yrs
7.92%Avg annual filing rate
12.7%Peak (2002)
37Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings dropped 23% over the past 15 months.
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.
39.5%Housing insecurity
30.7%Utility-shutoff threat
52.4%Food insecurity
59.8%SNAP enrollment
25.3%Transit barriers
14.5%No health insurance
21.3%Frequent mental distress
42.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grand Crossing
The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 59.8% against 15.2% nationally. Annualized rent equals 52% of average household income of $24,101, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 30.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points.
Average gross rent is $1,035, 28% below the Chicago average. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Court records carry 653 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2002 at 12.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031691500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031691500?
Census tract 17031691500 in the Grand Crossing neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 17031691500?
Median gross rent is $1,035/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031691500?
45.2% of residents in tract 17031691500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,895.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031691500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 82th, minority 95th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 17031691500 considered part of Grand Crossing?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031691500 fall within Grand Crossing (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031691500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 653 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031691500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.92% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031691500 struggle to pay rent?
About 39.5% 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. 30.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031691500 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031691500 scores 8.1/10, 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 17031691500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 54% 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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