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Neighborhood · Chicago, IL

Vet's Park Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 3,408 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.9/10 · range 7.8–8.1

Vet's Park spans 2 census tracts of Chicago, IL and houses 3,408 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.9/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. At $738 a month, rents sit 49% under what the rest of Chicago commands.

SNAP participation is 43.8% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 45.7% of adults, 27.9 points above the national rate.

The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 1/10. Against a Chicago baseline of 29.3%, 39% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. The severe-burden share is 21%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. Filings are well documented here: 390 across 2 observed tracts.

On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. The worst year on record was 2013, when filings touched 5.2% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 3.4% in 2015 against a 5.2% peak.

Among the 187 mapped neighborhoods of Chicago, it ranks #43 by risk, the upper third.

With little internal variation, 7.9/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
7.9
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Vet's Park vs Chicago How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
39.2% +34%
Chicago: 29.3%
Average gross rent
$738 -49%
Chicago: $1,440
Average HH income
$41,176 -45%
Chicago: $75,134
Poverty rate
26.9% +60%
Chicago: 16.8%
Renter share
66.4% +23%
Chicago: 54.0%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Vet's Park and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 7.8–8.1

Why Vet's Park scores 7.9

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Rent control risk
39% of income on rent · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
66% renter households · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts
8.0
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Economic stress
26.9% below poverty line · Range 4.5–10.0 across tracts
6.7
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Risk score comparison

Vet's Park vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Vet's Park score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Vet's Park: 7.97.9Vet's ParkNeighborhoodParent city: 6.76.7Parent cityhost cityState: 5.15.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Vet's Park

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
17031461000 8.1 1,346 47% $409
17031520100 7.8 2,062 34% $953
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 93

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 94%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 88%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 94%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 68%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Vet's Park

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 390Total filings (sum)
  • 2.55%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.2%Peak year (2013)
  • 3.25%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Vet's Park

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Vet's Park

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Vet's Park?

Vet's Park scores 7.9/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Vet's Park compare to Chicago overall?

Vet's Park scores 1.2 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $738 vs $1,440.
Q3

What is the average rent in Vet's Park?

Average gross rent in Vet's Park is $738/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Vet's Park residents are renters?

66% of Vet's Park households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 3,408 residents.
Q5

Is Vet's Park a high social-vulnerability area?

Vet's Park sits in the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Vet's Park have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Vet's Park is census tract 17031461000 (score 8.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.8 to 8.1, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7

How safe is Vet's Park for landlords?

Vet's Park carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Chicago as a whole (6.7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Vet's Park?

Vet's Park has 3,273 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (71.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (22%), White (non-Hispanic) (5.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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