5 census tracts · pop 17,167 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.6/10
· range 7.1–8.1
Placerdale is a 5-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL and houses 17,167 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.6/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. The severe-burden share is 39%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
57% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Chicago rate of 29.3%. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.1/10. Food insecurity affects 31.3% of adults, 13.5 points above the national rate.
16.8% 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. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 7.1 to 8.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The poverty rate is 19%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Filings are well documented here: 2,089 across 5 observed tracts. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 7.1/10. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 21.0% of renter households.
At $1,561 a month, rents sit 8% over what the rest of Chicago commands. The most recent observed rate, 6.3% in 2015, is well off that peak.
That places it #66 of 187 neighborhoods in Chicago. For a like-for-like read, North Kenwood and Forest Hill score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
5 tracts · population-weighted
Placerdale vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority94%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport47%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Placerdale
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,089Total filings (sum)
6.92%Avg annual filing rate
21.0%Peak year (2014)
5.91%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Placerdale
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
24.7%Housing insecurity
16.4%Utility shutoff threat
30.6%Food insecurity
31.0%SNAP enrollment
9.9%No health insurance
34.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Placerdale
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Placerdale?
Placerdale scores 7.6/10 (Elevated tier) across 5 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 Placerdale compare to Chicago overall?
Placerdale scores 0.9 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,561 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Placerdale?
Average gross rent in Placerdale is $1,561/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Placerdale residents are renters?
36% of Placerdale households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 17,167 residents.
Q5
Is Placerdale a high social-vulnerability area?
Placerdale sits in the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Placerdale have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Placerdale is census tract 17031750600 (score 8.1/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.1 to 8.1, a spread of 1 points.
Q7
How safe is Placerdale for landlords?
Placerdale carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.6/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Placerdale?
Placerdale has 17,114 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (82.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (8.7%), Other / Multiracial (6.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
