Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Palmer Square Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031230100 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,636 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 17031230100 sits in the Palmer Square area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. It is home to 1,636 residents. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units628
Renter share52.1%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate26.7%
Median income$89,773
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9120, -87.7044 · click any tract to drill in
Why Palmer Square scores 7.8
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
26.7% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,295 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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)
- 180Total filings over 14 yrs
- 2.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2011)
- 5Filings in 2014 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% 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.
- 17.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.6%Food insecurity
- 17.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 13.4%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Palmer Square
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.4/10.
Court records carry 180 eviction filings across 14 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,295, 10% below the Chicago average. The worst year on record was 2011, when 4.3% of renter households were served.
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 3.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $89,773, annual rent is just 17%.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031230100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031230100?
Census tract 17031230100 in the Palmer Square neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 17031230100?
Median gross rent is $1,295/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031230100?
26.7% of residents in tract 17031230100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,636.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031230100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 14th, minority 78th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 17031230100 considered part of Palmer Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031230100 fall within Palmer Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031230100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 180 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 17031230100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.97% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031230100 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031230100 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031230100 scores 7.8/10, 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 17031230100 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. 100% 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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