Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Stony Island Heights Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031480300 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,131 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 17031480300 covers part of the Stony Island Heights area of Chicago, IL, and scores 8.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,131 residents. The severe-burden share is 40%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units488
Renter share43.2%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate23.9%
Median income$54,268
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7292, -87.5880 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stony Island Heights 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
23.9% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,271 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Stony Island Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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
- 50%Grade C
- 43%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)
- 142Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2002)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 56% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Stony Island Heights. 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.
- 25.2%Housing insecurity
- 17.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.9%Food insecurity
- 32.5%SNAP enrollment
- 14.6%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stony Island Heights
The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10. It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Housing insecurity runs 25.2% against 14.2% nationally.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records carry 142 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,271, 12% below the Chicago average.
The worst year on record was 2002, when 8.6% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031480300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031480300?
Census tract 17031480300 in the Stony Island Heights 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 17031480300?
Median gross rent is $1,271/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031480300?
23.9% of residents in tract 17031480300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,131.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031480300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 79th, minority 99th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 17031480300 considered part of Stony Island Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031480300 fall within Stony Island Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031480300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 142 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031480300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.46% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031480300 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.2% 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. 17.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031480300 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031480300 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 17031480300 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. 43% 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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