Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Hanson Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031250400 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,513 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
17031250400 is a census tract in the Hanson Park area of Chicago, IL. It scores 7.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,513. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,085
Renter share51.0%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate15.1%
Median income$47,281
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9129, -87.7754 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hanson Park scores 7.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
15.1% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,165 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Hanson Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 58%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 881Total filings over 15 yrs
- 6.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.2%Peak (2014)
- 72Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hanson Park. 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.
- 31.6%Housing insecurity
- 20.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.4%Food insecurity
- 40.6%SNAP enrollment
- 18.4%Transit barriers
- 17.6%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 37.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hanson Park
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 31.6% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 1.8 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
At $1,165 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Chicago commands. Court records carry 881 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 7.2% of renter households were served. 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 6.1% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031250400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031250400?
Census tract 17031250400 in the Hanson Park neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 17031250400?
Median gross rent is $1,165/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031250400?
15.1% of residents in tract 17031250400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,513.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031250400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 94th, minority 96th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 17031250400 considered part of Hanson Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031250400 fall within Hanson Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031250400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 881 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031250400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.08% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031250400 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.6% 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. 20.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031250400 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031250400 scores 7.9/10, 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 17031250400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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.
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