Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
South Lynn Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031671200 · Cook County, IL · pop 840 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 8.1/10, tract 17031671200 in the South Lynn area of Chicago, IL reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 840 residents. SNAP participation runs 61.7% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units240
Renter share49.2%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate26.4%
Median income$42,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7767, -87.6666 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Lynn 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
26.4% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,065 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Lynn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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
- 100%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 340Total filings over 15 yrs
- 9.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.9%Peak (2015)
- 34Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Lynn. 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.
- 43.1%Housing insecurity
- 32.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 56.4%Food insecurity
- 61.7%SNAP enrollment
- 28.4%Transit barriers
- 20.5%No health insurance
- 22.9%Frequent mental distress
- 43.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Lynn
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,065, 26% below the Chicago average. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Disability prevalence runs 43.9% against 31.5% nationally. Court records carry 340 eviction filings across 15 observed years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 15.9% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 9.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031671200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031671200?
Census tract 17031671200 in the South Lynn 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 17031671200?
Median gross rent is $1,065/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031671200?
26.4% of residents in tract 17031671200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 840.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031671200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 97th, minority 98th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 17031671200 considered part of South Lynn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031671200 fall within South Lynn (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031671200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 340 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031671200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.79% of renter households, peaking at 15.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031671200 struggle to pay rent?
About 43.1% 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. 32.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031671200 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031671200 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 17031671200 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. 0% 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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