Tract 17031190200 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 5,858 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 7.6/10, tract 17031190200 in the Belmont Park area of Chicago, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,858 residents. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%Stable renters 27%Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,623
Renter share45.1%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$82,551
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 7 tracts In Belmont Park
Very High
Within parent city
56th percentile
#350 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Elevated
Within county
72th percentile
#369 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
88th percentile
#402 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9351, -87.7516 · click any tract to drill in
Why Belmont Park scores 7.6
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
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,351 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Belmont Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
92%Socioeconomic
61%Household composition
88%Racial/ethnic minority
66%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
3%Grade B
97%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)
308Total filings over 15 yrs
3.21%Avg annual filing rate
6.0%Peak (2013)
21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings climbed 200% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Belmont Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
24.8%Housing insecurity
12.9%Utility-shutoff threat
31.4%Food insecurity
24.7%SNAP enrollment
13.5%Transit barriers
25.2%No health insurance
15.6%Frequent mental distress
32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Belmont Park
19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 25.2% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 31.4% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Cost burden runs 41% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 308 filings here across 15 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 6.0% 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031190200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031190200?
Census tract 17031190200 in the Belmont Park neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 17031190200?
Median gross rent is $1,351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031190200?
20.3% of residents in tract 17031190200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,858.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031190200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 61th, minority 88th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 17031190200 considered part of Belmont Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031190200 fall within Belmont Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031190200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 308 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031190200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.21% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031190200 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.8% 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031190200 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031190200 scores 7.6/10, higher 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 17031190200 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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