8 census tracts · pop 16,211 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.1/10
· range 8.1–8.1
Homan Square is a 8-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL, population 16,211. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 8.1/10, High tier. The severe-burden share is 41%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Set annual rent against average household income of $24,836 and the ratio lands at 55%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Cost burden runs 61% against 29.3% citywide, putting Homan Square 32.0% over its own city.
SNAP participation is 56.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 51.5% of adults, 33.7 points above the national rate. The poverty rate is 41%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 9.4/10. 77% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.4/10. At $1,130 a month, rents sit 22% under what the rest of Chicago commands. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.
Court records carry 4,594 eviction filings across its 8 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 21.7% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 7.0% in 2015, is well off that peak.
Among the 187 mapped neighborhoods of Chicago, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
8.1
High
8 tracts · population-weighted
Homan Square vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority95%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport73%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Homan Square
Aggregated across 8 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
4,594Total filings (sum)
6.83%Avg annual filing rate
21.7%Peak year (2014)
6.91%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Homan Square
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
41.4%Housing insecurity
31.3%Utility shutoff threat
53.3%Food insecurity
58.9%SNAP enrollment
16.8%No health insurance
41.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Homan Square
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Homan Square?
Homan Square scores 8.1/10 (High tier) across 8 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 Homan Square compare to Chicago overall?
Homan Square scores 1.4 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,130 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Homan Square?
Average gross rent in Homan Square is $1,130/month (pop-weighted across 8 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Homan Square residents are renters?
77% of Homan Square households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 16,211 residents.
Q5
Is Homan Square a high social-vulnerability area?
Homan Square sits in the 92nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Homan Square have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Homan Square is census tract 17031838700 (score 8.1/10). Across the 8 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.1 to 8.1, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Homan Square for landlords?
Homan Square carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.1/10). Pop-weighted across 8 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Homan Square?
Homan Square has 16,771 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (87.1%), Hispanic / Latino (7.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (4.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
