Within neighborhood
44
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Becks Park Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031681200 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,883 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 17031681200 sits in the Becks Park area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. Population here is 1,883. Severe burden reaches 46%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units855
Renter share83.3%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate45.6%
Median income$23,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7692, -87.6385 · click any tract to drill in
Why Becks Park 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
45.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$863 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 Becks Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
- 0%Grade C
- 93%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)
- 934Total filings over 15 yrs
- 8.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.0%Peak (2001)
- 61Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 34% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Becks 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.
- 43.4%Housing insecurity
- 33.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 56.9%Food insecurity
- 63.6%SNAP enrollment
- 27.9%Transit barriers
- 17.3%No health insurance
- 23.1%Frequent mental distress
- 43.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Becks Park
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 65% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
SNAP participation runs 63.6% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 56.9% against 17.8% nationally.
The poverty rate is 46%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $863 a month, rents run 40% under what the rest of Chicago commands.
Set annual rent against average income of $23,250 and the ratio lands at 45%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 934 evictions over 15 years of observation.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031681200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031681200?
Census tract 17031681200 in the Becks Park 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 17031681200?
Median gross rent is $863/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031681200?
45.6% of residents in tract 17031681200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,883.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031681200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 95th, minority 95th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 17031681200 considered part of Becks Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031681200 fall within Becks Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031681200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 934 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031681200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.94% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031681200 struggle to pay rent?
About 43.4% 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. 33.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031681200 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031681200 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 17031681200 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. 93% 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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