Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Placerdale Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031821401 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,722 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 17031821401 covers part of the Placerdale area of Calumet Park, IL, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units967
Renter share41.8%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$51,707
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.6662, -87.6579 · click any tract to drill in
Why Placerdale scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chicago
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,342 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago
5.2
How Placerdale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
- 92%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)
- 828Total filings over 15 yrs
- 9.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.0%Peak (2001)
- 38Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 62% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Placerdale. 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.
- 28.0%Housing insecurity
- 19.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.0%Food insecurity
- 36.2%SNAP enrollment
- 16.3%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 34.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Placerdale
57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Cook County average of 45.6%. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10. Food insecurity runs 35.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points. Housing insecurity runs 28.0% against 14.2% nationally.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 828 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2001 at 21.0% of renter households.
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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031821401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031821401?
Census tract 17031821401 in the Placerdale neighborhood scores 8/10 (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 17031821401?
Median gross rent is $1,342/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031821401?
20.3% of residents in tract 17031821401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,722.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031821401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 68th, minority 99th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 17031821401 considered part of Placerdale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031821401 fall within Placerdale (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031821401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 828 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031821401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.79% of renter households, peaking at 21.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031821401 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.0% 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. 19.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031821401 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031821401 scores 8/10, 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 17031821401 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. 92% 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
Highest-risk tracts in Chicago
Top eight tracts in Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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