Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Kelvyn Grove Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031190900 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,869 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
In Kelvyn Grove in Chicago, census tract 17031190900 scores 5.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $969 a month while the average household earns $64,375 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units611
Renter share56.5%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$64,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9279, -87.7441 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kelvyn Grove scores 5.2
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
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$969 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Kelvyn Grove 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.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 54%Grade B
- 46%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)
- 117Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2011)
- 8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Kelvyn Grove. 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.
- 20.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.6%Food insecurity
- 17.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.5%Transit barriers
- 22.5%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kelvyn Grove
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 in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031190900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031190900?
Census tract 17031190900 in the Kelvyn Grove neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 17031190900?
Median gross rent is $969/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031190900?
10.6% of residents in tract 17031190900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,869.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031190900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 97th, minority 90th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 17031190900 considered part of Kelvyn Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031190900 fall within Kelvyn Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031190900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 117 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031190900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.00% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031190900 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.2% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031190900 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031190900 scores 5.2/10, 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 17031190900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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