South Brighton Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

Cost burden runs 64% here against 45.6% across Cook County. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

Housing insecurity runs 45.1% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 50%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 29.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Annualized rent equals 42% of average household income of $32,056, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. At $1,124 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Chicago commands.

Court records carry 327 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 5.5% of renter households.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.