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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Argyle Street Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago

Tract 17031031100 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,898 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

17031031100 is a census tract in the Argyle Street area of Chicago, IL. It scores 7.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,898. 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.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 53% Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units2,948
Renter share82.6%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$83,352

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Argyle Street
Very Low
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#425 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Moderate
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#474 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#543 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.9727, -87.6639 · click any tract to drill in

Why Argyle Street scores 7.1

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
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,417 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Argyle Street compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Argyle Street risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.17.1This tracttract 031100Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 33

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

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.

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)

  • 351Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 1.33%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.3%Peak (2001)
  • 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170310311002001: 43 filings (2.27/100 renter HHs)2002: 36 filings (1.90/100 renter HHs)2003: 43 filings (2.27/100 renter HHs)2004: 27 filings (1.43/100 renter HHs)2005: 29 filings (1.74/100 renter HHs)2006: 23 filings (1.38/100 renter HHs)2007: 16 filings (0.96/100 renter HHs)2008: 22 filings (1.32/100 renter HHs)2009: 18 filings (1.08/100 renter HHs)2010: 17 filings (1.01/100 renter HHs)2011: 21 filings (1.24/100 renter HHs)2012: 21 filings (1.24/100 renter HHs)2013: 9 filings (0.53/100 renter HHs)2014: 14 filings (0.82/100 renter HHs)2015: 12 filings (0.71/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 72% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Argyle Street. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Argyle Street

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Cook County average of 45.6%. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.

Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 351 evictions over 15 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2001 at 2.3% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.9/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031031100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031031100?

Census tract 17031031100 in the Argyle Street neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 17031031100?

Median gross rent is $1,417/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031031100?

16.4% of residents in tract 17031031100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,898.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031031100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 2th, minority 48th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 17031031100 considered part of Argyle Street?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031031100 fall within Argyle Street (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031031100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 351 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031031100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.33% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031031100 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.0% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031031100 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031031100 scores 7.1/10, 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 17031031100 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

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

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