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Wacławowo Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago

Tract 17031160800 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,236 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 6.2/10, tract 17031160800 in the Wacławowo area of Chicago, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,236. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 38% Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,878
Renter share65.9%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate7.8%
Median income$83,148

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Wacławowo
Moderate
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#560 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Low
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#676 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Moderate
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#802 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.9502, -87.7128 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wacławowo scores 6.2

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
7.8% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,461 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Wacławowo compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wacławowo risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 160800Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 331Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 2.08%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.8%Peak (2004)
  • 24Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170311608002001: 22 filings (2.06/100 renter HHs)2002: 28 filings (2.63/100 renter HHs)2003: 15 filings (1.41/100 renter HHs)2004: 30 filings (2.81/100 renter HHs)2005: 15 filings (1.39/100 renter HHs)2006: 23 filings (2.14/100 renter HHs)2007: 17 filings (1.58/100 renter HHs)2008: 15 filings (1.39/100 renter HHs)2009: 23 filings (2.14/100 renter HHs)2010: 23 filings (2.17/100 renter HHs)2011: 22 filings (2.09/100 renter HHs)2012: 26 filings (2.47/100 renter HHs)2013: 30 filings (2.85/100 renter HHs)2014: 18 filings (1.71/100 renter HHs)2015: 24 filings (2.28/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wacławowo. 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 Wacławowo

What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. 66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. SNAP participation runs 23.8% against 15.2% nationally.

Court records carry 331 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 21.7% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2004, when 2.8% of renter households were served.

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 2.1% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031160800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031160800?

Census tract 17031160800 in the Wacławowo neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 17031160800?

Median gross rent is $1,461/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031160800?

7.8% of residents in tract 17031160800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,236.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031160800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 43th, minority 79th, housing 52th.
Q5

Is tract 17031160800 considered part of Wacławowo?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031160800 fall within Wacławowo (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031160800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 331 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031160800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.08% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031160800 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.7% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031160800 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031160800 scores 6.2/10, 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 17031160800 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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