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Park West Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

Tract 17031070200 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,019 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 5.6/10, tract 17031070200 in the Park West area of Chicago, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,019 residents. The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10.

Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 44% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units2,102
Renter share68.1%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$101,992

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 8 tracts In Park West
Low
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#640 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Very Low
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#816 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#1,130 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.9291, -87.6463 · click any tract to drill in

Why Park West scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,821 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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.
Park West risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.65.6This tracttract 070200Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 169Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 0.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.1%Peak (2004)
  • 6Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170310702002001: 12 filings (0.79/100 renter HHs)2002: 11 filings (0.72/100 renter HHs)2003: 11 filings (0.72/100 renter HHs)2004: 17 filings (1.11/100 renter HHs)2005: 15 filings (1.13/100 renter HHs)2006: 12 filings (0.91/100 renter HHs)2007: 11 filings (0.83/100 renter HHs)2008: 14 filings (1.06/100 renter HHs)2009: 13 filings (0.98/100 renter HHs)2010: 13 filings (0.93/100 renter HHs)2011: 11 filings (0.86/100 renter HHs)2012: 7 filings (0.55/100 renter HHs)2013: 10 filings (0.79/100 renter HHs)2014: 6 filings (0.47/100 renter HHs)2015: 6 filings (0.47/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 50% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Park West

Against Cook County at 45.6%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. 68% 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. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10.

Disability prevalence runs 16.3% against 31.5% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,821, 26% above the Chicago average. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 169 filings here across 15 tracked years.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2004 at 1.1% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031070200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031070200?

Census tract 17031070200 in the Park West neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 17031070200?

Median gross rent is $1,821/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031070200?

6.7% of residents in tract 17031070200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,019.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031070200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 1th, minority 40th, housing 82th.
Q5

Is tract 17031070200 considered part of Park West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031070200 fall within Park West (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031070200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 169 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031070200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.82% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031070200 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031070200 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031070200 scores 5.6/10, 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 17031070200 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. 17% 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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