Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Hamlin Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031070700 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,741 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 17031070700 in the Hamlin Park area of Chicago, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,741. Average gross rent is $1,917, 33% above the Chicago average.
Risk score
5.3
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 parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
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 5.3
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 26%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)
- 460Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.1%Peak (2002)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.4%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 17.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hamlin Park
Cost burden runs 34% here against 45.6% across Cook County. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 460 filings here across 15 tracked years. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
The worst year on record was 2002, when 10.1% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 4.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.5/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
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 5.3/10 (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 5.3/10, 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 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.
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