3 census tracts · pop 14,682 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10
· range 3.6–5.3
Wildwood spans 3 census tracts of Chicago, IL, population 14,682. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. roughly one in eight of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly below the Chicago rate of 29.3%.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.6 to 5.3, a 1.7-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.6/10. Court records carry 569 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. The voucher gap is 11.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
SNAP participation is 6.6% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2013, when filings touched 56.3% of renter households.
On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7/10. Food insecurity affects 9.1% of adults, 8.7 points below the national rate.
The most recent observed rate, 14.4% in 2015, is well off that peak. Among the 187 mapped neighborhoods of Chicago, it ranks #185 by risk, the lower third. At 20% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
For a like-for-like read, Mount Greenwood and Bucktown score within a fraction of it.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Wildwood vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority46%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport56%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wildwood
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
569Total filings (sum)
15.68%Avg annual filing rate
56.3%Peak year (2013)
13.14%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Wildwood
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.2%Housing insecurity
4.5%Utility shutoff threat
9.3%Food insecurity
6.8%SNAP enrollment
6.7%No health insurance
22.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Wildwood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wildwood?
Wildwood scores 5/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Wildwood compare to Chicago overall?
Wildwood scores 1.7 points lower than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 12% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,436 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wildwood?
Average gross rent in Wildwood is $1,436/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wildwood residents are renters?
20% of Wildwood households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 14,682 residents.
Q5
Is Wildwood a high social-vulnerability area?
Wildwood sits in the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Wildwood have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Wildwood is census tract 17031100200 (score 5.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.6 to 5.3, a spread of 1.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Wildwood for landlords?
Wildwood carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Chicago as a whole (6.7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Wildwood?
Wildwood has 14,330 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68%), Hispanic / Latino (19.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (9.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
