5 census tracts · pop 16,194 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.7/10
· range 6.6–8.1
Princeton Park is a 5-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL and houses 16,194 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.7/10, Elevated tier. 39% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Against a Chicago baseline of 29.3%, 58% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.
Food insecurity affects 34.7% of adults, 16.9 points above the national rate. 19.0% 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 6.6 to 8.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Court records carry 2,939 eviction filings across its 5 observed tracts. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.6/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 18.0% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,273, 12% below the Chicago average of $1,440.
That places it #57 of 187 neighborhoods in Chicago. Judgments average 1.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.5 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
7.7
Elevated
5 tracts · population-weighted
Princeton Park vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority99%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport28%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Princeton Park
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,939Total filings (sum)
7.65%Avg annual filing rate
18.0%Peak year (2015)
7.49%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Princeton Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
27.3%Housing insecurity
18.7%Utility shutoff threat
34.0%Food insecurity
35.3%SNAP enrollment
10.4%No health insurance
34.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Princeton Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Princeton Park?
Princeton Park scores 7.7/10 (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 Princeton Park compare to Chicago overall?
Princeton Park scores 1.0 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,273 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Princeton Park?
Average gross rent in Princeton Park is $1,273/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Princeton Park residents are renters?
32% of Princeton Park households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 16,194 residents.
Q5
Is Princeton Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Princeton Park sits in the 69th 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 Princeton Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Princeton Park is census tract 17031730500 (score 8.1/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.6 to 8.1, a spread of 1.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Princeton Park for landlords?
Princeton Park carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.7/10). 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 Princeton Park?
Princeton Park has 15,996 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (96.2%), Other / Multiracial (1.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (0.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
