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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

West Roseland Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago

Tract 17031491100 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,205 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

17031491100 is a census tract in the West Roseland area of Chicago, IL. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 15% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,356
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$77,045

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In West Roseland
Very Low
Within parent city
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#521 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Low
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#612 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Moderate
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#716 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.6998, -87.6377 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Roseland scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,161 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Roseland compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Roseland risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 491100Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 207Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 5.74%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.0%Peak (2001)
  • 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170314911002001: 21 filings (12.00/100 renter HHs)2002: 12 filings (6.86/100 renter HHs)2003: 20 filings (11.43/100 renter HHs)2004: 15 filings (8.57/100 renter HHs)2005: 8 filings (2.86/100 renter HHs)2006: 11 filings (3.93/100 renter HHs)2007: 11 filings (3.93/100 renter HHs)2008: 14 filings (5.00/100 renter HHs)2009: 14 filings (5.00/100 renter HHs)2010: 14 filings (5.02/100 renter HHs)2011: 12 filings (3.85/100 renter HHs)2012: 9 filings (2.88/100 renter HHs)2013: 18 filings (5.77/100 renter HHs)2014: 15 filings (4.81/100 renter HHs)2015: 13 filings (4.17/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within West Roseland. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Roseland

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

Average gross rent is $1,161, 19% below the Chicago average. Against Cook County at 45.6%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 26.9% against 17.8% nationally.

Court records carry 207 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 21.7% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2001 at 12.0% of renter households.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 5.7% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #15,451 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 25% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031491100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031491100?

Census tract 17031491100 in the West Roseland neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 17031491100?

Median gross rent is $1,161/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031491100?

9.2% of residents in tract 17031491100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,205.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031491100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 74th, minority 98th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 17031491100 considered part of West Roseland?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031491100 fall within West Roseland (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031491100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 207 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031491100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.74% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031491100 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.7% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031491100 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031491100 scores 6.5/10, right in line with 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 17031491100 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chicago

Top eight tracts in Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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