Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,289 of 84,120 nationally
Kelvyn Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031200300 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,866 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 17031200300 covers the Kelvyn Park neighborhood of Chicago, home to 1,866 residents. For landlords it grades 6.3/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,387 a month against an average household income of $39,740 a year, roughly 42% of income at the averages. Renters make up 70% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units721
Renter share70.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate26.9%
Median income$39,740
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
81
th percentile
High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9235, -87.7341 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kelvyn Park scores 6.7
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
26.9% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,387 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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
- 83%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)
- 142Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2002)
- 8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Kelvyn 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.
- 23.6%Housing insecurity
- 12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.1%Food insecurity
- 22.0%SNAP enrollment
- 12.9%Transit barriers
- 23.5%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kelvyn Park
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chicago eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031200300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031200300?
Census tract 17031200300 in the Kelvyn Park neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 17031200300?
Median gross rent is $1,387/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031200300?
26.9% of residents in tract 17031200300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,866.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031200300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 28th, minority 92th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 17031200300 considered part of Kelvyn Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031200300 fall within Kelvyn Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031200300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 142 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031200300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.78% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031200300 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.6% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031200300 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031200300 scores 6.7/10, higher than the parent city of Chicago at 5.7/10. 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 17031200300 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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