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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Montrose Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

Tract 17031160100 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,757 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 17031160100 covers the Montrose neighborhood of Chicago, home to 2,757 residents. For landlords it grades 5.8/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,670 monthly, set against $111,602 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 18% Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units999
Renter share32.2%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$111,602

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Montrose
Very Low
Within parent city
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#682 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Very Low
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#842 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 41.9646, -87.7428 · click any tract to drill in

Why Montrose 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
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,670 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 Montrose compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Montrose risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 160100Chicago: 5.75.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 72

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

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.

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)

  • 140Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 2.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.6%Peak (2011)
  • 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170311601002001: 13 filings (3.01/100 renter HHs)2002: 4 filings (0.93/100 renter HHs)2003: 11 filings (2.55/100 renter HHs)2004: 7 filings (1.62/100 renter HHs)2005: 8 filings (2.37/100 renter HHs)2006: 2 filings (0.59/100 renter HHs)2007: 5 filings (1.48/100 renter HHs)2008: 11 filings (3.26/100 renter HHs)2009: 11 filings (3.26/100 renter HHs)2010: 4 filings (1.06/100 renter HHs)2011: 17 filings (3.64/100 renter HHs)2012: 17 filings (3.64/100 renter HHs)2013: 12 filings (2.57/100 renter HHs)2014: 14 filings (3.00/100 renter HHs)2015: 4 filings (0.86/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 69% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Montrose. 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 Montrose

The score leans hardest on 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 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 72nd 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 13.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031160100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031160100?

Census tract 17031160100 in the Montrose 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 17031160100?

Median gross rent is $1,670/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031160100?

5.1% of residents in tract 17031160100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,757.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031160100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 86th, minority 62th, housing 64th.
Q5

Is tract 17031160100 considered part of Montrose?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031160100 fall within Montrose (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031160100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 140 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031160100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.26% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031160100 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.0% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031160100 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031160100 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 17031160100 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. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chicago

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

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