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Galewood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

Tract 17031812200 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,758 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 17031812200 sits in the Galewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It has a population of 3,758 and an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10 (Moderate tier). 55% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 27% severely cost-burdened (≥50%).

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 4% Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,264
Renter share9.8%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$236,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#3 of 3 tracts In Galewood
Very Low
Within parent city
92 th percentile
Rank — 92th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 14 tracts In Chicago
Very High
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank — 38th percentileBottomTop
#824 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank — 64th percentileBottomTop
#1,182 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.9054, -87.7947 · click any tract to drill in

Why Galewood scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chicago
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago
4.6

How Galewood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Galewood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 812200Chicago: 6.86.8Chicagoparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.45.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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 · 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)

  • 84Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 9.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.9%Peak (2012)
  • 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 — 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318122002001: 4 filings (5.33/100 renter HHs)2002: 4 filings (5.33/100 renter HHs)2003: 5 filings (6.67/100 renter HHs)2004: 5 filings (6.67/100 renter HHs)2005: 5 filings (17.24/100 renter HHs)2006: 5 filings (17.24/100 renter HHs)2007: 2 filings (6.90/100 renter HHs)2008: 6 filings (20.69/100 renter HHs)2009: 7 filings (24.14/100 renter HHs)2010: 5 filings (5.32/100 renter HHs)2011: 4 filings (3.17/100 renter HHs)2012: 10 filings (7.94/100 renter HHs)2013: 10 filings (7.94/100 renter HHs)2014: 3 filings (2.38/100 renter HHs)2015: 9 filings (7.14/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 125% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Galewood. 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 17031812200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031812200?

Census tract 17031812200 in the Galewood neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 poverty rate in tract 17031812200?

4.8% of residents in tract 17031812200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,758.

Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031812200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 55th, minority 46th, housing 49th.

Q4

Is tract 17031812200 considered part of Galewood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031812200 fall within Galewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031812200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 84 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031812200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.61% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q6

What share of households in tract 17031812200 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.8% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q7

How does tract 17031812200 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031812200 scores 5.6/10 — lower than 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.

Q8

Was tract 17031812200 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.

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

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