Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
West Haven Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031280800 · Cook County, IL · pop 852 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 17031280800 covers part of the West Haven area of Chicago, IL, and scores 8.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 852 residents. Cost burden runs 71% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units432
Renter share70.4%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate28.1%
Median income$31,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8786, -87.6889 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Haven 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
28.1% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,039 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 West Haven compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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
- 100%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)
- 388Total filings over 15 yrs
- 7.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.4%Peak (2001)
- 59Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Haven. 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.
- 31.8%Housing insecurity
- 22.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.5%Food insecurity
- 43.3%SNAP enrollment
- 19.7%Transit barriers
- 12.9%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 35.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Haven
Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 40.5% against 17.8% nationally. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $31,500 and the ratio lands at 40%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Housing insecurity runs 31.8% against 14.2% nationally.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. 70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Average gross rent is $1,039, 28% below the Chicago average.
The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Court records carry 388 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031280800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031280800?
Census tract 17031280800 in the West Haven 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 17031280800?
Median gross rent is $1,039/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031280800?
28.1% of residents in tract 17031280800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 852.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031280800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 49th, minority 93th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 17031280800 considered part of West Haven?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031280800 fall within West Haven (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031280800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 388 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031280800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.47% of renter households, peaking at 13.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031280800 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.8% 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. 22.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031280800 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031280800 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 17031280800 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. 100% 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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