Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Brynford Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031130200 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,545 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
In the Brynford Park neighborhood of Chicago, census tract 17031130200 scores 6.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 59% of renter households, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,698 monthly, set against $103,611 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units720
Renter share12.5%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$103,611
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9818, -87.7376 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brynford Park scores 4.7
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
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,698 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Brynford Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 1%Grade A
- 4%Grade B
- 1%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)
- 32Total filings over 14 yrs
- 1.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2010)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 300% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Brynford 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 25.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brynford Park
The heaviest input here 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 above the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031130200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031130200?
Census tract 17031130200 in the Brynford Park neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 17031130200?
Median gross rent is $1,698/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031130200?
13.1% of residents in tract 17031130200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,545.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031130200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 85th, minority 65th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 17031130200 considered part of Brynford Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031130200 fall within Brynford Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031130200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 17031130200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.44% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031130200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031130200 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031130200 scores 4.7/10, 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 17031130200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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