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Eviction Risk in Little India , Chicago

7 census tracts · pop 45,617 · pop-weighted composite 6.1/10 · range 5.8–6.6

Little India is a white-asian neighborhood in Chicago with 7 census tracts and a population of 45,617 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 6.1/10 (Elevated tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 44% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 23% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $1,438/month sits 0% lower than the Chicago citywide median ($1,440).

Eviction Risk
6.1
Elevated tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
44%
23% severely burdened
Median rent
$1,438
Median household income
$70,965
18.4% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Little India vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Little India score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Little India: 6.16.1Little IndiaNeighborhoodParent city: 6.86.8Parent cityhost cityState: 5.75.7Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by composite score.

Peer · IL
Chinatown
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
2 tracts · pop. 8.6K
Peer · IL
Douglass Park
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
3 tracts · pop. 4.6K
Peer · IL
Ducktown
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
2 tracts · pop. 7.5K
Peer · IL
Edgewater Beach
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
6 tracts · pop. 17.9K
Comparison

Little India vs Chicago

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
6.1 -10%
Chicago: 6.8
Rent burden
44.0% +50%
Chicago: 29.3%
Median gross rent
$1,438 0%
Chicago: $1,440
Median HH income
$70,965 -6%
Chicago: $75,134
Poverty rate
18.4% +9%
Chicago: 16.8%
Renter share
52.3% -3%
Chicago: 54.0%
Where

Tract centroids in Little India

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

White-Asian Neighborhood — 44,977 residents across all tracts in Little India. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 19.8% White (non-Hispanic): 40.7% Black (non-Hispanic): 6.7% Asian (non-Hispanic): 25.8% Other / Multiracial: 7%
  • Hispanic / Latino 19.8%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 40.7%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 6.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 25.8%
  • Other / Multiracial 7%
Census tracts

7 tracts in Little India

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
17031020500 6.6 6,646 47% $1,357
17031020601 6.6 5,868 47% $1,447
17031020301 6.1 5,432 51% $1,341
17031020602 6.0 5,343 43% $1,623
17031020302 5.9 5,201 51% $1,443
17031020802 5.8 8,715 38% $1,471
17031020702 5.8 8,412 38% $1,403
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 86

Pop-weighted across 7 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 81%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 79%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 68%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 79%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Little India

Aggregated across 7 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 3,123Total filings (sum)
  • 2.97%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.3%Peak year (2014)
  • 2.75%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Little India

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Little India

What is the eviction-risk score for Little India?

Little India scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier) across 7 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Little India compare to Chicago overall?

Little India scores 0.7 points lower than Chicago overall (6.8/10). Rent burden: 44% vs 29% citywide. Median rent: $1,438 vs $1,440.

What is the median rent in Little India?

Median gross rent in Little India is $1,438/month (pop-weighted across 7 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Little India residents are renters?

52% of Little India households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 45,617 residents.

Is Little India a high social-vulnerability area?

Little India sits in the 86th 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.

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