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Motor Row Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

Tract 17031839200 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,375 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 8.1/10, tract 17031839200 in the Motor Row area of Chicago, IL reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,375 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.4/10.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 30% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,514
Renter share56.7%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate23.5%
Median income$39,133

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Motor Row
Elevated
Within parent city
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Very High
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#262 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.8420, -87.6220 · click any tract to drill in

Why Motor Row scores 8.1

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
23.5% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,128 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Motor Row compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Motor Row risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.18.1This tracttract 839200Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 1,617Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 10.69%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.8%Peak (2006)
  • 85Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318392002001: 125 filings (10.19/100 renter HHs)2002: 142 filings (11.57/100 renter HHs)2003: 102 filings (8.31/100 renter HHs)2004: 111 filings (9.05/100 renter HHs)2005: 106 filings (11.62/100 renter HHs)2006: 144 filings (15.79/100 renter HHs)2007: 100 filings (10.96/100 renter HHs)2008: 134 filings (14.69/100 renter HHs)2009: 101 filings (11.07/100 renter HHs)2010: 104 filings (11.58/100 renter HHs)2011: 96 filings (9.77/100 renter HHs)2012: 83 filings (8.44/100 renter HHs)2013: 95 filings (9.66/100 renter HHs)2014: 89 filings (9.05/100 renter HHs)2015: 85 filings (8.65/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Motor Row. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Motor Row

It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. 23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Set annual rent against average income of $39,133 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $1,128 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Chicago commands.

SNAP participation runs 25.6% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,617 filings here across 15 tracked years.

Food insecurity runs 25.8% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2006, when 15.8% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 10.7% of renter households face a filing.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031839200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031839200?

Census tract 17031839200 in the Motor Row neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 17031839200?

Median gross rent is $1,128/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031839200?

23.5% of residents in tract 17031839200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,375.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031839200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 39th, minority 87th, housing 89th.
Q5

Is tract 17031839200 considered part of Motor Row?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031839200 fall within Motor Row (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031839200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,617 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031839200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.69% of renter households, peaking at 15.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031839200 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.4% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031839200 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031839200 scores 8.1/10, 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 17031839200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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.
Sibling tracts

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