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Neighborhood · Chicago, IL

Greektown Eviction Risk: Moderate

2 census tracts · pop 11,155 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10 · range 5.3–7.5

Greektown spans 2 census tracts of Chicago, IL and houses 11,155 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.8/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Average gross rent is $2,476, 72% above the Chicago average of $1,440.

The voucher gap is 40.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The strongest single driver of the headline number is supply constraint at 9/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.3 to 7.5, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.

On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

roughly one in three of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. Disability prevalence reaches 16.5% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.

Running cool is economic stress, at 2.3/10. Court records carry 702 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 5.7% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 9.8% of adults, 8.0 points below the national rate.

The most recent observed rate, 2.4% in 2015, is well off that peak.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.8 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
5.8
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Greektown vs Chicago How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
31.9% +9%
Chicago: 29.3%
Average gross rent
$2,476 +72%
Chicago: $1,440
Average HH income
$149,507 +99%
Chicago: $75,134
Poverty rate
9.3% -45%
Chicago: 16.8%
Renter share
47.2% -13%
Chicago: 54.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Greektown and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.3–7.5

Why Greektown scores 5.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Rent control risk
32% of income on rent · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
47% renter households · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts
8.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Economic stress
9.3% below poverty line · Range 1.3–5.6 across tracts
2.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 7.0–9.7 across tracts
9.0
Risk score comparison

Greektown vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Greektown score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.8GreektownNeighborhood6.7Parent cityhost city5.1Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Greektown

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
17031833300 7.5 2,686 65% $2,112
17031833100 5.3 8,469 21% $2,592
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 28

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 20%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 1%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 60%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 91%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Greektown

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 702Total filings (sum)
  • 3.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.7%Peak year (2012)
  • 2.48%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Greektown

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Greektown

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Greektown?

Greektown scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Greektown compare to Chicago overall?

Greektown scores 0.9 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 32% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,476 vs $1,440.
Q3

What is the average rent in Greektown?

Average gross rent in Greektown is $2,476/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Greektown residents are renters?

47% of Greektown households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 11,155 residents.
Q5

Is Greektown a high social-vulnerability area?

Greektown sits in the 28th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Greektown have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Greektown is census tract 17031833300 (score 7.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 7.5, a spread of 2.2 points.
Q7

How safe is Greektown for landlords?

Greektown carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Greektown?

Greektown has 11,648 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (56%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (26.3%), Hispanic / Latino (8.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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