Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Stewart Ridge Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031530600 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,385 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 8.1/10, tract 17031530600 in the Stewart Ridge area of Chicago, IL reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,385 residents. 35% 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 27%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units948
Renter share52.8%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate19.9%
Median income$41,678
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
98
th percentile
Very High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.6701, -87.6191 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stewart Ridge 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
19.9% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,021 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 Stewart Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 1%Grade C
- 55%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)
- 602Total filings over 15 yrs
- 6.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.5%Peak (2002)
- 49Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 36% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Stewart Ridge. 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.
- 28.1%Housing insecurity
- 18.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.9%Food insecurity
- 34.6%SNAP enrollment
- 15.8%Transit barriers
- 10.3%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stewart Ridge
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. SNAP participation runs 34.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
At $1,021 a month, rents run 29% under what the rest of Chicago commands. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Cook County average of 45.6%. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The filing record is not thin: 602 evictions over 15 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2002 at 10.5% of renter households.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031530600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031530600?
Census tract 17031530600 in the Stewart Ridge 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 17031530600?
Median gross rent is $1,021/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031530600?
19.9% of residents in tract 17031530600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,385.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031530600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 40th, minority 100th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 17031530600 considered part of Stewart Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031530600 fall within Stewart Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031530600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 602 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031530600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.54% of renter households, peaking at 10.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031530600 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.1% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031530600 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031530600 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 17031530600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 55% 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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