Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
South Brighton Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031590500 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,672 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 17031590500 sits in the South Brighton area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. Population here is 1,672. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units775
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$72,383
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
37
th percentile
Low
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8249, -87.6805 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Brighton scores 6.6
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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,575 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 South Brighton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%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
- 0%Grade C
- 52%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)
- 104Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2011)
- 6Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 15.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.5%Food insecurity
- 12.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 14.4%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Brighton
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Cook County average of 45.6%. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10. The filing record is not thin: 104 evictions over 15 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,575, 9% above the Chicago average. The worst year on record was 2011, when 4.9% 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 2.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031590500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031590500?
Census tract 17031590500 in the South Brighton neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 17031590500?
Median gross rent is $1,575/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031590500?
8.4% of residents in tract 17031590500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,672.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031590500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 31th, minority 84th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 17031590500 considered part of South Brighton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031590500 fall within South Brighton (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031590500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 104 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031590500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.11% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031590500 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.2% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031590500 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031590500 scores 6.6/10, right in line with 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 17031590500 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. 52% 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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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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