Within neighborhood
92
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Oakwood Shores Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031836500 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,522 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 17031836500 covers part of the Oakwood Shores area of Chicago, IL, and scores 8.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,522 residents. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units772
Renter share88.7%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate32.3%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8259, -87.5995 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakwood Shores scores 8.1
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
32.3% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$884 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: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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
- 49%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)
- 730Total filings over 15 yrs
- 8.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.0%Peak (2003)
- 39Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 55% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Oakwood Shores. 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.
- 35.7%Housing insecurity
- 26.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 45.0%Food insecurity
- 49.6%SNAP enrollment
- 21.9%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 36.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakwood Shores
SNAP participation runs 49.6% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $884, 39% below the Chicago average. 89% 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.
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 26.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
Running hot, economic stress reads 8.1/10. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Cook County average of 45.6%.
The filing record is not thin: 730 evictions over 15 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2003, when 16.0% 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 17031836500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031836500?
Census tract 17031836500 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 17031836500?
Median gross rent is $884/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031836500?
32.3% of residents in tract 17031836500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,522.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031836500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 79th, minority 89th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 17031836500 considered part of Oakwood Shores?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031836500 fall within Oakwood Shores (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031836500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 730 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031836500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.91% of renter households, peaking at 16.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031836500 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.7% 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. 26.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031836500 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031836500 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 17031836500 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. 49% 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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