Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Kelvyn Grove Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031190900 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 1,869 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 7/10, tract 17031190900 in the Kelvyn Grove area of Chicago, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,869 residents. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%Stable renters 34%Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units611
Renter share56.5%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$64,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#2 of 3 tracts In Kelvyn Grove
Moderate
Within parent city
44th percentile
#444 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Moderate
Within county
62th percentile
#505 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
82th percentile
#578 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9279, -87.7441 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kelvyn Grove scores 7
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
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$969 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 Kelvyn Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
80%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
48%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
0%Grade A
54%Grade B
46%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)
117Total filings over 15 yrs
3.00%Avg annual filing rate
5.2%Peak (2011)
8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings dropped 27% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Kelvyn Grove. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
20.2%Housing insecurity
9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
24.6%Food insecurity
17.1%SNAP enrollment
10.5%Transit barriers
22.5%No health insurance
13.6%Frequent mental distress
28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kelvyn Grove
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $969 a month, rents run 33% under what the rest of Chicago commands.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 22.5% against 11.3% nationally. Cost burden runs 40% here against 45.6% across Cook County. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.
The filing record is not thin: 117 evictions over 15 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2011 at 5.2% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031190900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031190900?
Census tract 17031190900 in the Kelvyn Grove neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 17031190900?
Median gross rent is $969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031190900?
10.6% of residents in tract 17031190900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,869.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031190900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 97th, minority 90th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 17031190900 considered part of Kelvyn Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031190900 fall within Kelvyn Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031190900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 117 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031190900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.00% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031190900 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.2% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031190900 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031190900 scores 7/10, 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 17031190900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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