Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Galewood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031250500 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,903 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 17031250500 in the Galewood area of Chicago, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,909
Renter share13.3%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$120,386
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9146, -87.7968 · click any tract to drill in
Why Galewood scores 5.6
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
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,281 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Galewood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 63%Grade B
- 27%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)
- 301Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2013)
- 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 47% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Galewood. 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.
- 14.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.4%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 24.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Galewood
The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Cost burden runs 38% here against 45.6% across Cook County. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.3/10.
Court records carry 301 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,281, 11% below the Chicago average.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 6.6% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 4.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10. Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $120,386, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031250500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031250500?
Census tract 17031250500 in the Galewood neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 17031250500?
Median gross rent is $1,281/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031250500?
11.8% of residents in tract 17031250500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,903.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031250500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 31th, minority 75th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 17031250500 considered part of Galewood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031250500 fall within Galewood (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031250500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 301 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031250500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.18% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031250500 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.4% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031250500 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031250500 scores 5.6/10, 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 17031250500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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