Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Kosciuszko Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031220902 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 3,194 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 17031220902 sits in the Kosciuszko Park area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%Stable renters 34%Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,055
Renter share55.1%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$78,304
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 4 tracts In Kosciuszko Park
Very High
Within parent city
48th percentile
#416 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Moderate
Within county
64th percentile
#479 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
83th percentile
#543 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9227, -87.7218 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kosciuszko Park scores 7.1
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
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,385 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 Kosciuszko Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
76%Socioeconomic
60%Household composition
81%Racial/ethnic minority
35%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
90%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)
284Total filings over 15 yrs
2.93%Avg annual filing rate
5.0%Peak (2001)
16Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings dropped 53% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Kosciuszko Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
21.8%Housing insecurity
11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
26.3%Food insecurity
20.8%SNAP enrollment
12.0%Transit barriers
20.0%No health insurance
16.5%Frequent mental distress
28.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kosciuszko Park
23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Cost burden runs 38% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Food insecurity runs 26.3% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 284 evictions over 15 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 21.8% against 14.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2001 at 5.0% of renter households. 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 2.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031220902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031220902?
Census tract 17031220902 in the Kosciuszko Park neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 17031220902?
Median gross rent is $1,385/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031220902?
15.0% of residents in tract 17031220902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,194.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031220902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 60th, minority 81th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 17031220902 considered part of Kosciuszko Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031220902 fall within Kosciuszko Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031220902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 284 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031220902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.93% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031220902 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.8% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031220902 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031220902 scores 7.1/10, 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 17031220902 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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