Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally

Glenwood Arts District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

Tract 17031010501 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,913 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 17031010501 covers the Glenwood Arts District neighborhood of Chicago in Illinois. Home to 3,913 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,176 a month against an average household income of $48,250 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 86% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 48% Owners 14%

Tract context

Occupied units2,379

Renter share85.7%

SVI overall0.55

Poverty rate11.1%

Median income$48,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 42.0094, -87.6640 · click any tract to drill in

Why Glenwood Arts District scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

11.1% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,176 rent vs county FMR

1.7

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 Glenwood Arts District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

61%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
50%Racial/ethnic minority
73%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
100%Grade C
0%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)

1,378Total filings over 15 yrs
7.81%Avg annual filing rate
17.4%Peak (2001)
58Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2015

Filings dropped 71% over the past 15 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Glenwood Arts District. 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.

13.0%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
14.3%Food insecurity
12.3%SNAP enrollment
7.9%Transit barriers
7.3%No health insurance
15.3%Frequent mental distress
21.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Glenwood Arts District

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chicago eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 13.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031010501

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031010501?

Census tract 17031010501 in the Glenwood Arts District 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.

What is the average rent in tract 17031010501?

Median gross rent is $1,176/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031010501?

11.1% of residents in tract 17031010501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,913.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031010501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 15th, minority 50th, housing 73th.

Is tract 17031010501 considered part of Glenwood Arts District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031010501 fall within Glenwood Arts District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031010501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,378 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031010501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.81% of renter households, peaking at 17.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 17031010501 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.0% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17031010501 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031010501 scores 5.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Chicago at 5.7/10. 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.

Was tract 17031010501 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. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chicago

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org