Edgewater Beach Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. 73% 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. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.

The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. At $1,209 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Chicago commands.

The filing record is not thin: 442 evictions over 15 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2001 at 4.4% 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 3.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.