Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Essex Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031430400 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,999 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
Census tract 17031430400 covers part of the Essex area of Chicago, IL, and scores 8.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. 46% 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 46%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,322
Renter share65.1%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate25.7%
Median income$38,034
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7622, -87.5903 · click any tract to drill in
Why Essex 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
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,270 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Essex compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 87%Grade C
- 13%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)
- 792Total filings over 15 yrs
- 8.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2001)
- 57Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 15 months.
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.
- 28.8%Housing insecurity
- 19.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.0%Food insecurity
- 36.0%SNAP enrollment
- 16.3%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Essex
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 36.0% against 15.2% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $38,034 and the ratio lands at 40%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Housing insecurity runs 28.8% against 14.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10.
Court records carry 792 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,270, 12% below the Chicago average. Filings peaked in 2001 at 9.8% of renter households.
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 17031430400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031430400?
Census tract 17031430400 in the Essex 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 17031430400?
Median gross rent is $1,270/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031430400?
25.7% of residents in tract 17031430400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,999.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031430400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 57th, minority 96th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 17031430400 considered part of Essex?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031430400 fall within Essex (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031430400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 792 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031430400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.32% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031430400 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.8% 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. 19.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031430400 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031430400 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 17031430400 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. 13% 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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