2 census tracts · pop 13,194 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.5/10
· range 6.3–6.5
Printer's Row is a 2-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL and houses 13,194 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.5/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. 49% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Chicago rate of 29.3%.
Average gross rent is $2,327, 62% above the Chicago average of $1,440. The voucher gap is 32.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
The severe-burden share is 25%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The dominant input is supply constraint at 8.2/10.
66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.
Filings are well documented here: 1,190 across 2 observed tracts. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 7.8% of renter households.
That places it #110 of 187 neighborhoods in Chicago. Judgments average 5.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Printer's Row vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority57%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport90%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Printer's Row
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,190Total filings (sum)
15.00%Avg annual filing rate
7.8%Peak year (2015)
3.43%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Printer's Row
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.8%Housing insecurity
5.5%Utility shutoff threat
11.4%Food insecurity
8.4%SNAP enrollment
6.5%No health insurance
18.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Printer's Row
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Printer's Row?
Printer's Row scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Printer's Row compare to Chicago overall?
Printer's Row scores 0.2 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,327 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Printer's Row?
Average gross rent in Printer's Row is $2,327/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Printer's Row residents are renters?
66% of Printer's Row households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 13,194 residents.
Q5
Is Printer's Row a high social-vulnerability area?
Printer's Row sits in the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Printer's Row have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Printer's Row is census tract 17031839000 (score 6.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.3 to 6.5, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Printer's Row for landlords?
Printer's Row carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.5/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Printer's Row?
Printer's Row has 13,590 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (19.1%), Hispanic / Latino (12.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
