Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
West Haven Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031280900 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,122 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 17031280900 sits in the West Haven area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. It is home to 1,122 residents. Cost burden runs 34% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units402
Renter share63.9%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate21.1%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
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 41.8786, -87.6851 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Haven 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
21.1% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 West Haven compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 231Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.8%Peak (2008)
- 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 175% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Haven. 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.
- 24.1%Housing insecurity
- 16.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.2%Food insecurity
- 27.5%SNAP enrollment
- 13.7%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Haven
The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10. It sits 1.7 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. SNAP participation runs 27.5% against 15.2% nationally. 14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 27.2% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 231 evictions over 15 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2008, when 7.8% 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031280900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031280900?
Census tract 17031280900 in the West Haven 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 poverty rate in tract 17031280900?
21.1% of residents in tract 17031280900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,122.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031280900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 93th, minority 91th, housing 63th.
Q4
Is tract 17031280900 considered part of West Haven?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031280900 fall within West Haven (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031280900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 231 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031280900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.76% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031280900 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.1% 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. 16.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031280900 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031280900 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.
Q8
Was tract 17031280900 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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