3 census tracts · pop 8,916 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.6/10
· range 5.3–7.6
Grayland spans 3 census tracts of Chicago, IL and houses 8,916 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.6/10, Elevated tier. 45% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Chicago rate of 29.3%.
26% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.3 to 7.6, a 2.3-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.4/10. Filings are well documented here: 817 across 3 observed tracts. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,270, 12% below the Chicago average of $1,440. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 23.8% of renter households.
Among the 187 mapped neighborhoods of Chicago, it ranks #106 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 1.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Rent takes 17% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Grayland vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority68%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport45%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Grayland
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
817Total filings (sum)
4.16%Avg annual filing rate
23.8%Peak year (2015)
5.36%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Grayland
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
15.6%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility shutoff threat
18.5%Food insecurity
14.0%SNAP enrollment
14.6%No health insurance
25.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Grayland
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Grayland?
Grayland scores 6.6/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Grayland compare to Chicago overall?
Grayland scores 0.1 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,270 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Grayland?
Average gross rent in Grayland is $1,270/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Grayland residents are renters?
32% of Grayland households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 8,916 residents.
Q5
Is Grayland a high social-vulnerability area?
Grayland sits in the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Grayland have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Grayland is census tract 17031831700 (score 7.6/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 7.6, a spread of 2.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Grayland for landlords?
Grayland carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.6/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Chicago as a whole (6.7/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Grayland?
Grayland has 8,474 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (47.5%), Hispanic / Latino (41.4%), Other / Multiracial (4.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
