Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
East Humboldt Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031241000 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,792 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 17031241000 covers part of the East Humboldt Park area of Chicago, IL, and scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,792 residents. Average gross rent is $1,921, 33% above the Chicago average.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units860
Renter share65.7%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$96,518
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9080, -87.6945 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Humboldt Park scores 6.3
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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,921 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 East Humboldt Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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)
- 410Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.2%Peak (2001)
- 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 60% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Humboldt Park. 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.
- 15.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.8%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 23.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Humboldt Park
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 410 filings here across 15 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2001, when 8.2% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 4.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.5/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
43% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031241000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031241000?
Census tract 17031241000 in the East Humboldt Park neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 17031241000?
Median gross rent is $1,921/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031241000?
11.7% of residents in tract 17031241000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,792.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031241000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 34th, minority 72th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 17031241000 considered part of East Humboldt Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031241000 fall within East Humboldt Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031241000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 410 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031241000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.85% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031241000 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.0% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031241000 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031241000 scores 6.3/10, 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 17031241000 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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