North Kenwood Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

At $759 a month, rents run 47% under what the rest of Chicago commands. Food insecurity runs 41.5% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 42%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

86% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points.

20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Cost burden runs 39% here against 45.6% across Cook County. The filing record is not thin: 1,142 evictions over 15 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2003 at 10.9% of renter households.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.