Graceland West Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

Disability prevalence runs 14.7% against 31.5% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

At $1,799 a month, rents run 25% over what the rest of Chicago commands. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

The filing record is not thin: 57 evictions over 15 years of observation. It sits 0.8 points below the Cook County average of 6.1. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

The worst year on record was 2010, when 1.1% of renter households were served. 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.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $145,313, annual rent is just 15%.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.