Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Pacific Junction Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031222900 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 986 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 17031222900 covers part of the Pacific Junction area of Chicago, IL, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 986. Against Cook County at 45.6%, roughly one in four of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%Stable renters 46%Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units396
Renter share63.4%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$89,630
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0th percentile
#16 of 16 tracts In Pacific Junction
Very Low
Within parent city
26th percentile
#586 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Low
Within county
46th percentile
#717 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Moderate
Within state
74th percentile
#851 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9156, -87.7201 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pacific Junction scores 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
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,541 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Pacific Junction compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
71%Socioeconomic
8%Household composition
78%Racial/ethnic minority
48%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
57%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)
126Total filings over 15 yrs
4.50%Avg annual filing rate
8.1%Peak (2003)
7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings climbed 40% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Pacific Junction. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
17.3%Housing insecurity
8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
18.2%Food insecurity
12.1%SNAP enrollment
8.8%Transit barriers
15.5%No health insurance
15.1%Frequent mental distress
22.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pacific Junction
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The filing record is not thin: 126 evictions over 15 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2003 at 8.1% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031222900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031222900?
Census tract 17031222900 in the Pacific Junction neighborhood scores 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 17031222900?
Median gross rent is $1,541/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031222900?
5.5% of residents in tract 17031222900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 986.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031222900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 8th, minority 78th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 17031222900 considered part of Pacific Junction?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031222900 fall within Pacific Junction (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031222900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 126 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031222900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.50% of renter households, peaking at 8.1% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031222900 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.3% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031222900 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031222900 scores 6/10, 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 17031222900 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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