Pacific Junction Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031231100 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 1,362 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 17031231100 covers part of the Pacific Junction area of Chicago, IL, and scores 7.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. SNAP participation runs 36.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%Stable renters 18%Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units424
Renter share38.9%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$59,745
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
73th percentile
#5 of 16 tracts In Pacific Junction
Elevated
Within parent city
58th percentile
#335 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Elevated
Within county
74th percentile
#352 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
89th percentile
#375 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8993, -87.7151 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pacific Junction scores 7.7
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
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,335 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
86%Socioeconomic
90%Household composition
97%Racial/ethnic minority
55%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
76%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)
137Total filings over 15 yrs
4.21%Avg annual filing rate
10.3%Peak (2002)
5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings dropped 71% 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.
30.5%Housing insecurity
18.5%Utility-shutoff threat
38.4%Food insecurity
36.0%SNAP enrollment
17.3%Transit barriers
20.4%No health insurance
18.4%Frequent mental distress
35.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pacific Junction
The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 30.5% against 14.2% nationally. It sits 1.6 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Against Cook County at 45.6%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 137 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 10.3% 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 4.2% 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 17031231100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031231100?
Census tract 17031231100 in the Pacific Junction neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (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 17031231100?
Median gross rent is $1,335/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031231100?
18.3% of residents in tract 17031231100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,362.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031231100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 90th, minority 97th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 17031231100 considered part of Pacific Junction?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031231100 fall within Pacific Junction (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031231100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 137 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031231100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.21% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031231100 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.5% 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. 18.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031231100 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031231100 scores 7.7/10, 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 17031231100 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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