Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
West Ravenswood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031040300 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,063 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 17031040300 sits in the West Ravenswood area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. Population here is 3,063. 25% 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
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,163
Renter share35.9%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$79,896
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9769, -87.7020 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Ravenswood scores 7
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
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,486 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Ravenswood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 70%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 97Total filings over 14 yrs
- 1.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2008)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Ravenswood. 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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.1%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Ravenswood
around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Cook County average of 45.6%. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 97 evictions over 14 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 3.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031040300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031040300?
Census tract 17031040300 in the West Ravenswood neighborhood scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 17031040300?
Median gross rent is $1,486/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031040300?
14.6% of residents in tract 17031040300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,063.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031040300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 62th, minority 71th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 17031040300 considered part of West Ravenswood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031040300 fall within West Ravenswood (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031040300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 97 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 17031040300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.85% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031040300 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031040300 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031040300 scores 7/10, 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 17031040300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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