Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Ravenswood Gardens Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031040600 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,785 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 17031040600 covers the Ravenswood Gardens area of Chicago, home to 2,785 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, an elevated reading. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,758 a month while the average household earns $90,921 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 57% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,284
Renter share56.5%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$90,921
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9668, -87.6840 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ravenswood Gardens scores 4.6
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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,758 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Ravenswood Gardens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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)
- 125Total filings over 15 yrs
- 0.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2002)
- 6Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 54% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ravenswood Gardens. 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 17.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ravenswood Gardens
What moves this score most is 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 125 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 0.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.1% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031040600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031040600?
Census tract 17031040600 in the Ravenswood Gardens neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17031040600?
Median gross rent is $1,758/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031040600?
8.3% of residents in tract 17031040600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,785.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031040600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 3th, minority 40th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 17031040600 considered part of Ravenswood Gardens?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031040600 fall within Ravenswood Gardens (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031040600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 125 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031040600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.93% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031040600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031040600 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031040600 scores 4.6/10, lower than 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.
Q9
Was tract 17031040600 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.
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