Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
West Lawn Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031640800 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,505 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 17031640800 sits in the West Lawn area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. It is home to 1,505 residents. 41% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units594
Renter share34.5%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$40,556
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7748, -87.7397 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Lawn 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
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,277 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Lawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 67Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2004)
- 6Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Lawn. 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.
- 26.6%Housing insecurity
- 13.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.3%Food insecurity
- 26.3%SNAP enrollment
- 14.2%Transit barriers
- 26.7%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Lawn
68% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Cook County average of 45.6%. Set annual rent against average income of $40,556 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10.
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Food insecurity runs 33.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 26.7% against 11.3% nationally. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.3/10.
The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 67 filings here across 15 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,277, 11% below the Chicago average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031640800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031640800?
Census tract 17031640800 in the West Lawn 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 17031640800?
Median gross rent is $1,277/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031640800?
18.3% of residents in tract 17031640800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,505.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031640800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 42th, minority 85th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 17031640800 considered part of West Lawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031640800 fall within West Lawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031640800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 67 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031640800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.92% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031640800 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.6% 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. 13.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031640800 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031640800 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 17031640800 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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