Grayland Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Cook County average of 45.6%. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Disability prevalence runs 18.7% against 31.5% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 332 filings here across 15 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Cook County average of 6.1.

Filings peaked in 2003 at 23.8% of renter households. At $1,563 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Chicago commands.

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 8.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

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