4 census tracts · pop 13,771 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.5/10
· range 5.7–8.1
Motor Row is a 4-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL and houses 13,771 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.5/10, Elevated tier. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.7 to 8.1, a 2.4-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Against a Chicago baseline of 29.3%, 39% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. 23% 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.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. At $1,697 a month, rents sit 18% over what the rest of Chicago commands.
16.2% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records carry 2,932 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. Food insecurity affects 28.3% of adults, 10.5 points above the national rate.
The worst year on record was 2013, when filings touched 22.8% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 8.3% in 2015, is well off that peak.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.4 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Motor Row vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority71%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport71%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Motor Row
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,932Total filings (sum)
11.53%Avg annual filing rate
22.8%Peak year (2013)
7.95%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Motor Row
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
17.0%Housing insecurity
11.5%Utility shutoff threat
20.1%Food insecurity
19.5%SNAP enrollment
7.7%No health insurance
23.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Motor Row
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Motor Row?
Motor Row scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 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 Motor Row compare to Chicago overall?
Motor Row scores 0.2 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,697 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Motor Row?
Average gross rent in Motor Row is $1,697/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Motor Row residents are renters?
58% of Motor Row households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 13,771 residents.
Q5
Is Motor Row a high social-vulnerability area?
Motor Row sits in the 42nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Motor Row have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Motor Row is census tract 17031839200 (score 8.1/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.7 to 8.1, a spread of 2.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Motor Row for landlords?
Motor Row carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.5/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Motor Row?
Motor Row has 13,961 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (41.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (37.7%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (11.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
