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Greektown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago

Tract 17031833300 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,686 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 17031833300 covers part of the Greektown area of Chicago, IL, and scores 7.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. 65% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Cook County average of 45.6%.

Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 21% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,288
Renter share60.2%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate22.4%
Median income$90,806

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Greektown
Very High
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#360 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Moderate
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#414 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#435 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.8717, -87.6541 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greektown scores 7.5

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
22.4% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$2,112 rent vs county FMR
7.0
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 Greektown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Greektown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.57.5This tracttract 833300Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 91Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 1.19%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.7%Peak (2008)
  • 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318333002001: 3 filings (0.50/100 renter HHs)2002: 7 filings (1.17/100 renter HHs)2003: 3 filings (0.50/100 renter HHs)2004: 4 filings (0.67/100 renter HHs)2005: 2 filings (0.45/100 renter HHs)2006: 2 filings (0.45/100 renter HHs)2007: 9 filings (2.03/100 renter HHs)2008: 12 filings (2.70/100 renter HHs)2009: 8 filings (1.80/100 renter HHs)2010: 4 filings (0.65/100 renter HHs)2011: 5 filings (0.93/100 renter HHs)2012: 9 filings (1.68/100 renter HHs)2013: 5 filings (0.93/100 renter HHs)2014: 6 filings (1.12/100 renter HHs)2015: 12 filings (2.24/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 300% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Greektown. 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 Greektown

Average gross rent is $2,112, 47% above the Chicago average. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

Disability prevalence runs 18.8% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

The voucher gap is 19.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 91 filings here across 15 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2008, when 2.7% of renter households were served.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031833300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031833300?

Census tract 17031833300 in the Greektown neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 17031833300?

Median gross rent is $2,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031833300?

22.4% of residents in tract 17031833300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,686.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031833300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 1th, minority 72th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 17031833300 considered part of Greektown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031833300 fall within Greektown (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031833300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 91 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031833300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.19% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031833300 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.6% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031833300 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031833300 scores 7.5/10, 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 17031833300 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. 77% 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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