Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
West Ravenswood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031040201 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,688 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
17031040201 is a census tract in the West Ravenswood area of Chicago, IL. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,688 residents. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units3,146
Renter share54.2%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$103,409
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9726, -87.6940 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Ravenswood scores 5.8
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
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,372 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 West Ravenswood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
- 56%Grade B
- 44%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)
- 423Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2001)
- 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Ravenswood. 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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.0%Food insecurity
- 7.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 18.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Ravenswood
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10.
Court records carry 423 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Food insecurity runs 10.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.5% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 3.1% of renter households were served. 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 1.6% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $103,409, annual rent is just 16%.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031040201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031040201?
Census tract 17031040201 in the West Ravenswood neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17031040201?
Median gross rent is $1,372/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031040201?
9.2% of residents in tract 17031040201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,688.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031040201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 4th, minority 43th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 17031040201 considered part of West Ravenswood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031040201 fall within West Ravenswood (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031040201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 423 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031040201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.56% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031040201 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031040201 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031040201 scores 5.8/10, lower 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 17031040201 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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