Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
South Edgebrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031120200 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,573 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 17031120200 covers part of the South Edgebrook area of Chicago, IL, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,573. Cost burden runs 30% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,763
Renter share13.7%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate1.0%
Median income$155,481
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9945, -87.7576 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Edgebrook 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
1.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,431 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 South Edgebrook 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.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 47%Grade A
- 17%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 78Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2008)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 15 months.
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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 5.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 11.5%Frequent mental distress
- 20.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Edgebrook
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.4% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 78 filings here across 15 tracked years. It sits 0.8 points below the Cook County average of 6.1.
Housing insecurity runs 6.9% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2008, when 4.6% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 2.0% 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 17031120200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031120200?
Census tract 17031120200 in the South Edgebrook 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 17031120200?
Median gross rent is $1,431/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031120200?
1.0% of residents in tract 17031120200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,573.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031120200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 70th, minority 29th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 17031120200 considered part of South Edgebrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031120200 fall within South Edgebrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031120200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 78 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031120200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.00% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031120200 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031120200 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031120200 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 17031120200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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