Within neighborhood
30
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
South Brighton Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031580502 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,932 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 17031580502 sits in the South Brighton area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. Food insecurity runs 38.5% against 17.8% nationally.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,454
Renter share50.8%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate28.5%
Median income$59,803
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
81
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 41.8146, -87.6993 · 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
28.5% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$1,108 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 88%Grade C
- 12%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)
- 260Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2007)
- 19Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 111% 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.
- 29.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.5%Food insecurity
- 30.5%SNAP enrollment
- 16.2%Transit barriers
- 29.1%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 34.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Brighton
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.3/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points.
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 30.5% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Average gross rent is $1,108, 23% below the Chicago average. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Against Cook County at 45.6%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 260 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2007 at 3.8% of renter households.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031580502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031580502?
Census tract 17031580502 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 17031580502?
Median gross rent is $1,108/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031580502?
28.5% of residents in tract 17031580502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,932.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031580502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 76th, minority 93th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 17031580502 considered part of South Brighton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031580502 fall within South Brighton (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031580502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 260 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031580502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.57% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031580502 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.1% 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. 15.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031580502 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031580502 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 17031580502 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 12% 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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