Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Montrose Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031160100 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 2,757 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 17031160100 in the Montrose area of Chicago, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,757 residents. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.3
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
0th percentile
#4 of 4 tracts In Montrose
Very Low
Within parent city
9th percentile
#723 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Very Low
Within county
30th percentile
#939 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
59th percentile
#1,346 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9646, -87.7428 · click any tract to drill in
Why Montrose scores 5.3
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.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
58%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
62%Racial/ethnic minority
64%Housing & transportation
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.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
99%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
13.0%Housing insecurity
7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
15.9%Food insecurity
13.1%SNAP enrollment
7.8%Transit barriers
10.1%No health insurance
14.6%Frequent mental distress
24.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Montrose
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
At $1,670 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Chicago commands. The filing record is not thin: 140 evictions over 15 years of observation.
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2011 at 3.6% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 2.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031160100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031160100?
Census tract 17031160100 in the Montrose 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 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 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 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.
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