Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
West Haven Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031838000 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,671 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
17031838000 is a census tract in the West Haven area of Chicago, IL. It scores 8.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,671. At $436 a month, rents run 70% under what the rest of Chicago commands.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 49%
Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,454
Renter share81.3%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate26.9%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8774, -87.6807 · 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
26.9% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$436 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: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 403Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2012)
- 37Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 28% 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.
- 25.2%Housing insecurity
- 16.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.3%Food insecurity
- 33.0%SNAP enrollment
- 15.5%Transit barriers
- 12.6%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Haven
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. This is renter territory: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 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. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Housing insecurity runs 25.2% against 14.2% nationally.
Cost burden runs 39% here against 45.6% across Cook County. The filing record is not thin: 403 evictions over 15 years of observation.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 16.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2012 at 4.0% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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.
In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031838000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031838000?
Census tract 17031838000 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 17031838000?
Median gross rent is $436/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031838000?
26.9% of residents in tract 17031838000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,671.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031838000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 69th, minority 87th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 17031838000 considered part of West Haven?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031838000 fall within West Haven (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031838000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 403 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031838000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.83% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031838000 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. 16.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031838000 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031838000 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 17031838000 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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