Tract 17031351400 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 1,569 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 17031351400 sits in the Oakwood Shores area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. Population here is 1,569. Food insecurity runs 44.5% against 17.8% nationally.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%Stable renters 59%Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units795
Renter share91.9%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate29.3%
Median income$30,542
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
54th percentile
#7 of 14 tracts In Oakwood Shores
Moderate
Within parent city
88th percentile
#94 of 792 tracts In Chicago
High
Within county
94th percentile
#86 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very High
Within state
100th percentile
#5 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8274, -87.6241 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakwood Shores 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
29.3% poverty · this tract
7.3
Supply constraint
$937 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Oakwood Shores compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
91%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
93%Racial/ethnic minority
95%Housing & transportation
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.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
100%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)
368Total filings over 15 yrs
4.19%Avg annual filing rate
11.8%Peak (2001)
20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings dropped 65% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Oakwood Shores. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
34.2%Housing insecurity
25.8%Utility-shutoff threat
44.5%Food insecurity
50.1%SNAP enrollment
21.4%Transit barriers
12.9%No health insurance
20.0%Frequent mental distress
39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakwood Shores
This is renter territory: 92% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Housing insecurity runs 34.2% against 14.2% nationally. At $937 a month, rents run 35% under what the rest of Chicago commands.
Set annual rent against average income of $30,542 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Cost burden runs 36% here against 45.6% across Cook County. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Court records carry 368 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 11.8% of renter households were served.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031351400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031351400?
Census tract 17031351400 in the Oakwood Shores 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 17031351400?
Median gross rent is $937/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031351400?
29.3% of residents in tract 17031351400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,569.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031351400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 90th, minority 93th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 17031351400 considered part of Oakwood Shores?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031351400 fall within Oakwood Shores (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031351400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 368 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031351400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.19% of renter households, peaking at 11.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031351400 struggle to pay rent?
About 34.2% 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. 25.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031351400 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031351400 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 17031351400 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.
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