Neighborhood · Chicago, IL

Hamlin Park Eviction Risk: Moderate

4 census tracts · pop 11,724 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10 · range 5.3–5.3

Hamlin Park is a 4-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL and houses 11,724 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.3/10, in the Moderate tier. Average gross rent is $1,867, 30% above the Chicago average of $1,440.

Cost burden runs 38% against 29.3% citywide, putting Hamlin Park 9.1% over its own city. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.8/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. Disability prevalence reaches 15.4% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.

Court records carry 1,014 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.

Food insecurity affects 7.7% of adults, 10.1 points below the national rate. The worst year on record was 2004, when filings touched 13.3% of renter households.

The most recent observed rate, 0.8% in 2015, is well off that peak. Among the 187 mapped neighborhoods of Chicago, it ranks #168 by risk, the lower third.

For a like-for-like read, Lakeshore East and Bucktown score within a fraction of it. Against average income of $167,621, annual rent is only 13%, a wide affordability cushion.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

4 tracts · population-weighted

Hamlin Park vs Chicago How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

38.4% +31%

Chicago: 29.3%

Average gross rent

$1,867 +30%

Chicago: $1,440

Average HH income

$167,621 +123%

Chicago: $75,134

Poverty rate

6.6% -61%

Chicago: 16.8%

Renter share

36.9% -32%

Chicago: 54.0%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hamlin Park and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 5.3–5.3

Why Hamlin Park scores 5.3

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

38% 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

37% 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

6.6% below poverty line · Range 1.0–2.7 across tracts

1.8

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.5–6.1 across tracts

5.6

Risk score comparison

Hamlin Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Hamlin Park?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 0 points from 5.3 to 5.3. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.

Tracts as heat grid

5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

4 tracts in Hamlin Park

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

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
17031070700	5.3	3,741	34%	$1,917
17031051300	5.3	3,077	38%	$1,679
17031051400	5.3	2,535	38%	$1,950
17031062600	5.3	2,371	47%	$1,942

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 14

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 10%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 19%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 51%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 31%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Hamlin Park

Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

1,014Total filings (sum)
2.88%Avg annual filing rate
13.3%Peak year (2004)
0.81%Latest filed (2015)

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Hamlin Park

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

8.0%Housing insecurity
4.5%Utility shutoff threat
7.8%Food insecurity
5.6%SNAP enrollment
5.5%No health insurance
15.5%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Hamlin Park

What is the eviction-risk score for Hamlin Park?

Hamlin Park scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 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.

How does Hamlin Park compare to Chicago overall?

Hamlin Park scores 1.4 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 38% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,867 vs $1,440.

What is the average rent in Hamlin Park?

Average gross rent in Hamlin Park is $1,867/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Hamlin Park residents are renters?

37% of Hamlin Park households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 11,724 residents.

Is Hamlin Park a high social-vulnerability area?

Hamlin Park sits in the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Hamlin Park have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Hamlin Park is census tract 17031070700 (score 5.3/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 5.3, a spread of 0 points.

How safe is Hamlin Park for landlords?

Hamlin Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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.

What is the demographic breakdown of Hamlin Park?

Hamlin Park has 11,736 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (67.4%), Hispanic / Latino (13.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (10%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Hamlin Park

5.3 Roscoe Village 5 tracts · pop 7,238 5.3 West DePaul 3 tracts · pop 9,922 5.3 Bricktown 2 tracts · pop 3,612 5.7 Maplewood 7 tracts · pop 18,475 5.7 Southport Corridor 7 tracts · pop 16,747 5.4 Wrightwood Neighbors 4 tracts · pop 14,562

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Chicago

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Hamlin Park.

5.3 St. Bens 4 tracts · pop 15,430 5.3 Fulton River District 1 tracts · pop 7,730 5.3 East Village 4 tracts · pop 12,319 5.3 Roscoe Village 5 tracts · pop 7,238 5.3 Bricktown 2 tracts · pop 3,612 5.3 West Loop Gate 1 tracts · pop 6,749

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