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Neighborhood · Chicago, IL

Margate Park Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 9,441 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.7/10 · range 7–8

Margate Park spans 2 census tracts of Chicago, IL, population 9,441. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.7/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 49% against 29.3% citywide, putting Margate Park 19.9% over its own city.

31% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.

The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 7 to 8, a 1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Court records carry 1,395 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.8/10.

Filing activity peaked in 2004 at 2.9% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 1.5% in 2015, is well off that peak.

Among the 187 mapped neighborhoods of Chicago, it ranks #57 by risk, the upper third. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Average gross rent runs $1,374, close to the Chicago average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $61,454.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.7 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
7.7
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Margate Park vs Chicago How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
49.2% +68%
Chicago: 29.3%
Average gross rent
$1,374 -5%
Chicago: $1,440
Average HH income
$61,454 -18%
Chicago: $75,134
Poverty rate
16.7% -1%
Chicago: 16.8%
Renter share
63.1% +17%
Chicago: 54.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Margate Park and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 7–8

Why Margate Park scores 7.7

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Rent control risk
49% of income on rent · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
63% renter households · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts
8.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Economic stress
16.7% below poverty line · Range 1.9–5.0 across tracts
4.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.0–4.8 across tracts
2.8
Risk score comparison

Margate Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Margate Park score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Margate Park: 7.77.7Margate ParkNeighborhoodParent city: 6.76.7Parent cityhost cityState: 5.15.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Margate Park

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
17031031300 8 6,853 42% $1,239
17031030706 7 2,588 67% $1,730
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 75

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 61%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 74%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 61%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 81%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Margate Park

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 1,395Total filings (sum)
  • 2.34%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.9%Peak year (2004)
  • 1.46%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Margate Park

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

Frequently asked

About Margate Park

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Margate Park?

Margate Park scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Margate Park compare to Chicago overall?

Margate Park scores 1.0 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,374 vs $1,440.
Q3

What is the average rent in Margate Park?

Average gross rent in Margate Park is $1,374/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Margate Park residents are renters?

63% of Margate Park households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 9,441 residents.
Q5

Is Margate Park a high social-vulnerability area?

Margate Park sits in the 75th 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.
Q6

Which tracts in Margate Park have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Margate Park is census tract 17031031300 (score 8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7 to 8, a spread of 1 points.
Q7

How safe is Margate Park for landlords?

Margate Park carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.7/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Chicago as a whole (6.7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Margate Park?

Margate Park has 9,473 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (56.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (15.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (12.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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