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Hamlin Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

Tract 17031070700 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,741 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.7/10 for census tract 17031070700 reflects conditions in the Hamlin Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. That is riskier than about 65% of US census tracts.

34% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,917 a month while the average household earns $146,806 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 31% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,740
Renter share47.0%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$146,806

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Hamlin Park
Very High
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#686 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Very Low
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#838 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#1,500 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.9307, -87.6741 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hamlin Park scores 4

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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,917 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Hamlin Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hamlin Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 070700Chicago: 5.75.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 16

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 460Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 4.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.1%Peak (2002)
  • 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170310707002001: 57 filings (6.48/100 renter HHs)2002: 89 filings (10.13/100 renter HHs)2003: 45 filings (5.12/100 renter HHs)2004: 35 filings (3.98/100 renter HHs)2005: 51 filings (8.84/100 renter HHs)2006: 17 filings (2.95/100 renter HHs)2007: 19 filings (3.29/100 renter HHs)2008: 21 filings (3.64/100 renter HHs)2009: 35 filings (6.07/100 renter HHs)2010: 15 filings (2.07/100 renter HHs)2011: 11 filings (1.29/100 renter HHs)2012: 27 filings (3.17/100 renter HHs)2013: 18 filings (2.11/100 renter HHs)2014: 13 filings (1.53/100 renter HHs)2015: 7 filings (0.82/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 88% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hamlin Park. 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 Hamlin Park

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chicago eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cook County average of 5.7 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031070700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031070700?

Census tract 17031070700 in the Hamlin Park neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 17031070700?

Median gross rent is $1,917/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031070700?

10.8% of residents in tract 17031070700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,741.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031070700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 17th, minority 55th, housing 44th.
Q5

Is tract 17031070700 considered part of Hamlin Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031070700 fall within Hamlin Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031070700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 460 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031070700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.10% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031070700 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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 17031070700 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031070700 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Chicago at 5.7/10. 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 17031070700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 26% 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

Highest-risk tracts in Chicago

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

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