Montrose Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 149 filings here across 15 tracked years. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2001 at 2.7% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 1.8% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $128,288, annual rent is just 15%.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,555, close to the Chicago average.

30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.