5 census tracts · pop 17,442 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.3–5.6
Pulaski Park is a 5-tract neighborhood of Chicago, IL, population 17,442. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, Moderate tier. At $2,357 a month, rents sit 64% over what the rest of Chicago commands.
The voucher gap is 33.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. The strongest single driver of the headline number is supply constraint at 8.4/10.
Running cool is economic stress, at 1.9/10. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.
Court records carry 823 eviction filings across its 5 observed tracts. about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, under the Chicago rate of 29.3%.
The severe-burden share is 10%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. SNAP participation is 6.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 8.7% of adults, 9.1 points below the national rate.
Filing activity peaked in 2009 at 5.4% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 0.9% in 2015, is well off that peak.
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
5.4
Moderate
5 tracts · population-weighted
Pulaski Park vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority46%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Pulaski Park
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
823Total filings (sum)
1.27%Avg annual filing rate
5.4%Peak year (2009)
0.84%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Pulaski Park
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.5%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility shutoff threat
8.4%Food insecurity
6.1%SNAP enrollment
6.1%No health insurance
15.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Pulaski Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Pulaski Park?
Pulaski Park scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 Pulaski Park compare to Chicago overall?
Pulaski Park scores 1.3 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 25% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $2,357 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Pulaski Park?
Average gross rent in Pulaski Park is $2,357/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Pulaski Park residents are renters?
61% of Pulaski Park households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 17,442 residents.
Q5
Is Pulaski Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Pulaski Park sits in the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Pulaski Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Pulaski Park is census tract 17031241600 (score 5.6/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 5.6, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Pulaski Park for landlords?
Pulaski Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Pulaski Park?
Pulaski Park has 17,415 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68%), Hispanic / Latino (11.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (7.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
