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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally

Western Dunning Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

Tract 17031170600 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,490 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 17031170600, home to 2,490 residents in the Western Dunning neighborhood of Chicago, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 75% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,445 a month against an average household income of $78,187 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 6% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units965
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$78,187

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Western Dunning
Very High
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#474 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Moderate
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#539 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#824 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.9413, -87.8307 · click any tract to drill in

Why Western Dunning scores 5.1

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
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,445 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Western Dunning compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Western Dunning risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.15.1This tracttract 170600Chicago: 5.75.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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)

  • 34Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 1.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.0%Peak (2013)
  • 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170311706002001: 1 filings (0.81/100 renter HHs)2002: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2003: 2 filings (1.63/100 renter HHs)2004: 2 filings (1.63/100 renter HHs)2005: 3 filings (2.10/100 renter HHs)2006: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 4 filings (2.80/100 renter HHs)2008: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2009: 1 filings (0.70/100 renter HHs)2010: 2 filings (1.37/100 renter HHs)2011: 3 filings (1.30/100 renter HHs)2012: 3 filings (1.30/100 renter HHs)2013: 7 filings (3.04/100 renter HHs)2014: 3 filings (1.30/100 renter HHs)2015: 3 filings (1.30/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Western Dunning. 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 Western Dunning

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 predominantly White and ranks around the 60th 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 34 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.0% of renter households in 2013.

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 17031170600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031170600?

Census tract 17031170600 in the Western Dunning neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 17031170600?

Median gross rent is $1,445/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031170600?

12.5% of residents in tract 17031170600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,490.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031170600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 47th, minority 50th, housing 60th.
Q5

Is tract 17031170600 considered part of Western Dunning?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031170600 fall within Western Dunning (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031170600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 17031170600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.61% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031170600 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.7% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031170600 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031170600 scores 5.1/10, 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 17031170600 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

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

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