Within neighborhood
17
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Little India Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031020602 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,343 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 17031020602 sits in the Little India area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. It is home to 5,343 residents. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,611
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$87,804
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 42.0013, -87.6936 · click any tract to drill in
Why Little India scores 6.8
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
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,623 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Little India compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 100%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 274Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2009)
- 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Little India. 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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.1%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 11.1%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Little India
The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 274 evictions over 15 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $1,623, 13% above the Chicago average. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2009 at 3.2% of renter households.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 2.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031020602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031020602?
Census tract 17031020602 in the Little India neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated 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 17031020602?
Median gross rent is $1,623/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031020602?
14.6% of residents in tract 17031020602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,343.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031020602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 49th, minority 75th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 17031020602 considered part of Little India?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031020602 fall within Little India (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031020602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 274 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031020602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.13% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031020602 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031020602 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031020602 scores 6.8/10, right in line with 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 17031020602 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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