Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
South Brighton Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031580100 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,662 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 17031580100 covers part of the South Brighton area of Chicago, IL, and scores 8.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,662 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.1/10.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units911
Renter share40.8%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate18.2%
Median income$49,323
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8281, -87.6907 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Brighton scores 8.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
18.2% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,079 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 South Brighton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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
- 5%Grade C
- 53%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)
- 213Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2001)
- 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 54% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Brighton. 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.
- 20.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.5%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 19.8%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Brighton
It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
At $1,079 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Chicago commands. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 39% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Food insecurity runs 26.5% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.8% against 11.3% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 213 filings here across 15 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2001, when 6.7% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031580100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031580100?
Census tract 17031580100 in the South Brighton 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 17031580100?
Median gross rent is $1,079/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031580100?
18.2% of residents in tract 17031580100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,662.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031580100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 77th, minority 88th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 17031580100 considered part of South Brighton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031580100 fall within South Brighton (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031580100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 213 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031580100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.56% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031580100 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.1% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031580100 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031580100 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 17031580100 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. 53% 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.
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