Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
Western Dunning Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031170700 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,260 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
17031170700 is a census tract in the Western Dunning area of Chicago, IL. It scores 6.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,260 residents. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,153
Renter share20.6%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$82,284
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
75
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9415, -87.8222 · click any tract to drill in
Why Western Dunning scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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
- 100%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 83Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2009)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 900% 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.
- 14.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.6%Food insecurity
- 14.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 13.8%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Western Dunning
The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.7/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. 38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 83 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2009 at 3.7% 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 2.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #17,650 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 3.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031170700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031170700?
Census tract 17031170700 in the Western Dunning neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 17031170700?
6.8% of residents in tract 17031170700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,260.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031170700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 21th, minority 54th, housing 17th.
Q4
Is tract 17031170700 considered part of Western Dunning?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031170700 fall within Western Dunning (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031170700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031170700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.18% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031170700 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.9% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031170700 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031170700 scores 6.1/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 17031170700 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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