Lakeview East Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. 73% 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.

Disability prevalence runs 15.2% against 31.5% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10. SNAP participation runs 5.4% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 152 eviction filings across 14 observed years.

At $1,630 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of Chicago commands. The worst year on record was 2001, when 2.4% 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 1.1% of renter households face a filing.

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