Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Wrightwood Neighbors Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031070400 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,421 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
17031070400 is a census tract in the Wrightwood Neighbors area of Chicago, IL. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,421. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,469
Renter share52.7%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$205,772
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9290, -87.6562 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wrightwood Neighbors scores 5.5
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
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,792 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 Wrightwood Neighbors 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.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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
- 52%Grade C
- 48%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)
- 74Total filings over 15 yrs
- 0.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.9%Peak (2002)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 400% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wrightwood Neighbors. 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 19.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wrightwood Neighbors
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $1,792, 24% above the Chicago average.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 74 evictions over 15 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2002, when 0.9% of renter households were served.
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 0.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.9/10. Against average income of $205,772, annual rent is just 10%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031070400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031070400?
Census tract 17031070400 in the Wrightwood Neighbors neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 17031070400?
Median gross rent is $1,792/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031070400?
13.6% of residents in tract 17031070400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,421.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031070400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 4th, minority 29th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 17031070400 considered part of Wrightwood Neighbors?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031070400 fall within Wrightwood Neighbors (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031070400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 74 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031070400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.52% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031070400 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031070400 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031070400 scores 5.5/10, 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 17031070400 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. 48% 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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