Oak Lawn Eviction Risk: Moderate

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.8/10.

It sits 1.5 points below the Cook County average of 6.1. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10.

The filing record is not thin: 399 evictions over 15 years of observation. At $1,201 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Oak Lawn commands. Filings peaked in 2014 at 11.4% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 6.2% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.