Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Palmer Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031222500 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,468 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
17031222500 is a census tract in the Palmer Square area of Chicago, IL. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,468 residents. about a quarter of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units549
Renter share44.8%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$155,878
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9157, -87.6996 · click any tract to drill in
Why Palmer Square scores 5.3
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
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$2,182 rent vs county FMR
7.4
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 Palmer Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 4%Grade C
- 96%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)
- 108Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2001)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 46% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Palmer Square. 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 16.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Palmer Square
Average gross rent is $2,182, 52% above the Chicago average. The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10. The voucher gap is 23.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 108 filings here across 15 tracked years.
Food insecurity runs 9.8% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.8 points below the Cook County average of 6.1.
Filings peaked in 2001 at 3.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 2.0% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031222500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031222500?
Census tract 17031222500 in the Palmer Square neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 17031222500?
Median gross rent is $2,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031222500?
5.9% of residents in tract 17031222500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,468.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031222500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 6th, minority 58th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 17031222500 considered part of Palmer Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031222500 fall within Palmer Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031222500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 108 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031222500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.04% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031222500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031222500 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031222500 scores 5.3/10, 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 17031222500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 96% 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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