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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,298 of 84,120 nationally

Windsor Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago

Tract 17031431400 · Cook County, IL · pop 7,565 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 17031431400 sits in the Windsor Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It has a population of 7,565 and an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). 52% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 30% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $984/month against a median household income of $38,438 — roughly 31% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 39% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units3,288
Renter share80.8%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate40.1%
Median income$38,438

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank — 50th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 3 tracts In Windsor Park
Moderate
Within parent city
96 th percentile
Rank — 96th percentileBottomTop
#31 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Very High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank — 98th percentileBottomTop
#30 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank — 99th percentileBottomTop
#32 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.7572, -87.5466 · click any tract to drill in

Why Windsor Park scores 6.8

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
40.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$984 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 Windsor Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Windsor Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 431400Chicago: 6.86.8Chicagoparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.45.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 97

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

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.

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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 4,626Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 11.30%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.1%Peak (2001)
  • 268Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 — 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170314314002001: 386 filings (14.14/100 renter HHs)2002: 378 filings (13.85/100 renter HHs)2003: 331 filings (12.12/100 renter HHs)2004: 317 filings (11.61/100 renter HHs)2005: 242 filings (8.60/100 renter HHs)2006: 258 filings (9.17/100 renter HHs)2007: 258 filings (9.17/100 renter HHs)2008: 324 filings (11.52/100 renter HHs)2009: 309 filings (10.98/100 renter HHs)2010: 299 filings (11.30/100 renter HHs)2011: 290 filings (10.87/100 renter HHs)2012: 335 filings (12.55/100 renter HHs)2013: 318 filings (11.91/100 renter HHs)2014: 313 filings (11.73/100 renter HHs)2015: 268 filings (10.04/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Windsor Park. 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031431400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031431400?

Census tract 17031431400 in the Windsor Park neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 17031431400?

Median gross rent is $984/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031431400?

40.1% of residents in tract 17031431400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,565.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031431400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 90th, minority 94th, housing 96th.

Q5

Is tract 17031431400 considered part of Windsor Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031431400 fall within Windsor Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031431400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4,626 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031431400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.30% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 17031431400 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.0% 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. 23.4% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 17031431400 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031431400 scores 6.8/10 — right in line with the parent city of Chicago at 6.8/10. 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 17031431400 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chicago

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

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