Within neighborhood
86
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Park West Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031070103 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,439 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 6.9/10, tract 17031070103 in the Park West area of Chicago, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,439 residents. This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 60%
Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units1,133
Renter share95.7%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$76,477
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9268, -87.6426 · click any tract to drill in
Why Park West scores 6.9
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
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,667 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Park West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 68Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.8%Peak (2010)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Park West. 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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 14.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Park West
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. Disability prevalence runs 14.6% against 31.5% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,667, 16% above the Chicago average. Court records carry 68 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
It sits 0.8 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2010 at 0.8% 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 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031070103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031070103?
Census tract 17031070103 in the Park West neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 17031070103?
Median gross rent is $1,667/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031070103?
13.4% of residents in tract 17031070103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,439.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031070103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 0th, minority 43th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 17031070103 considered part of Park West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031070103 fall within Park West (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031070103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 68 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031070103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.07% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031070103 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031070103 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031070103 scores 6.9/10, right in line with 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 17031070103 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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