Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
St. Bens Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031050500 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,199 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
17031050500 is a census tract in the St. Bens area of Chicago, IL. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,199 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,993
Renter share42.2%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$144,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9504, -87.6835 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. Bens scores 5.3
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
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,698 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 St. Bens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 108Total filings over 15 yrs
- 0.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.9%Peak (2004)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 86% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within St. Bens. 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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.1%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 12.7%Frequent mental distress
- 15.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. Bens
34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Cook County average of 45.6%. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 15.2% against 31.5% nationally.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. SNAP participation runs 4.3% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,698, 18% above the Chicago average.
Court records carry 108 eviction filings across 15 observed years. It sits 0.8 points below the Cook County average of 6.1.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 0.9% 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 0.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031050500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031050500?
Census tract 17031050500 in the St. Bens neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 17031050500?
Median gross rent is $1,698/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031050500?
1.8% of residents in tract 17031050500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,199.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031050500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 8th, minority 26th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 17031050500 considered part of St. Bens?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031050500 fall within St. Bens (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031050500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 108 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031050500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.58% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031050500 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031050500 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031050500 scores 5.3/10, 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 17031050500 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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