Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Jackson Park Highlands District Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031420100 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,629 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 8.1/10, tract 17031420100 in the Jackson Park Highlands District area of Chicago, IL reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,629 residents. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.9/10.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 51%
Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units823
Renter share95.7%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate39.5%
Median income$22,215
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7826, -87.5795 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jackson Park Highlands District scores 8.1
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
39.5% poverty · this tract
9.9
Supply constraint
$918 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Jackson Park Highlands District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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
- 27%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)
- 270Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2006)
- 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Jackson Park Highlands District. 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.
- 31.5%Housing insecurity
- 23.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.9%Food insecurity
- 45.5%SNAP enrollment
- 19.3%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 38.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jackson Park Highlands District
Set annual rent against average income of $22,215 and the ratio lands at 50%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Average gross rent is $918, 36% below the Chicago average. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Housing insecurity runs 31.5% against 14.2% nationally.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The filing record is not thin: 270 evictions over 15 years of observation.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031420100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031420100?
Census tract 17031420100 in the Jackson Park Highlands District neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 17031420100?
Median gross rent is $918/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031420100?
39.5% of residents in tract 17031420100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,629.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031420100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 89th, minority 97th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 17031420100 considered part of Jackson Park Highlands District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031420100 fall within Jackson Park Highlands District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031420100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 270 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031420100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.69% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031420100 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.5% 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. 23.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031420100 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031420100 scores 8.1/10, 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 17031420100 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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