Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Montrose Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031160200 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,356 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
In the Montrose neighborhood of Chicago, census tract 17031160200 scores 5.3/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #42,007 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,555 a month against an average household income of $128,288 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,321
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$128,288
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9588, -87.7384 · click any tract to drill in
Why Montrose scores 4.1
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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,555 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Montrose compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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
- 82%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)
- 149Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2001)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 56% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Montrose. 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.1%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 20.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Montrose
What moves this score most is 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 below the Cook County average of 5.7 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 18th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031160200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031160200?
Census tract 17031160200 in the Montrose neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (Moderate 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 17031160200?
Median gross rent is $1,555/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031160200?
10.8% of residents in tract 17031160200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,356.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031160200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 16th, minority 54th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 17031160200 considered part of Montrose?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031160200 fall within Montrose (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031160200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 149 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031160200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.82% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031160200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031160200 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031160200 scores 4.1/10, lower 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 17031160200 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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