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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally

Princeton Park Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

Tract 17031730100 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,669 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 8.1/10, tract 17031730100 in the Princeton Park area of Chicago, IL reads high for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 53%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 6% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units966
Renter share15.5%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate24.3%
Median income$57,200

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Princeton Park
Very High
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#229 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Elevated
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#226 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.7252, -87.6384 · click any tract to drill in

Why Princeton Park 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
24.3% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,385 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Princeton Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Princeton Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.18.1This tracttract 730100Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 95Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 4.88%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.6%Peak (2014)
  • 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170317301002001: 4 filings (5.48/100 renter HHs)2002: 2 filings (2.74/100 renter HHs)2003: 6 filings (8.22/100 renter HHs)2004: 5 filings (6.85/100 renter HHs)2005: 6 filings (4.17/100 renter HHs)2006: 7 filings (4.86/100 renter HHs)2007: 3 filings (2.08/100 renter HHs)2008: 8 filings (5.56/100 renter HHs)2009: 5 filings (3.47/100 renter HHs)2010: 4 filings (2.68/100 renter HHs)2011: 6 filings (3.61/100 renter HHs)2012: 9 filings (5.42/100 renter HHs)2013: 9 filings (5.42/100 renter HHs)2014: 11 filings (6.63/100 renter HHs)2015: 10 filings (6.02/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 150% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Princeton Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Princeton Park

61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Cook County average of 45.6%. The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10.

Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Housing insecurity runs 26.3% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The filing record is not thin: 95 evictions over 15 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 6.6% of renter households were served.

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. In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031730100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031730100?

Census tract 17031730100 in the Princeton Park 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 17031730100?

Median gross rent is $1,385/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031730100?

24.3% of residents in tract 17031730100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,669.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031730100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 91th, minority 97th, housing 28th.
Q5

Is tract 17031730100 considered part of Princeton Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031730100 fall within Princeton Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031730100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 95 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031730100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.88% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031730100 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.3% 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. 17.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031730100 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031730100 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 17031730100 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. 60% 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

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Top eight tracts in Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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