Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
West Loop Gate Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031281900 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,749 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 17031281900 sits in the West Loop Gate area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. Average gross rent is $2,178, 51% above the Chicago average.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 48%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units4,296
Renter share70.7%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$125,918
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8786, -87.6429 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Loop Gate scores 5.3
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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$2,178 rent vs county FMR
7.4
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 West Loop Gate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
- 64%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)
- 554Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2003)
- 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 15 months.
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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 4.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 13.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Loop Gate
around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Cook County average of 45.6%. Disability prevalence runs 13.3% against 31.5% nationally. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10.
71% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
The voucher gap is 23.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.4/10. SNAP participation runs 4.7% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 554 evictions over 15 years of observation. It sits 0.8 points below the Cook County average of 6.1.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031281900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031281900?
Census tract 17031281900 in the West Loop Gate neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 17031281900?
Median gross rent is $2,178/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031281900?
9.7% of residents in tract 17031281900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,749.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031281900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 0th, minority 67th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 17031281900 considered part of West Loop Gate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031281900 fall within West Loop Gate (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031281900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 554 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031281900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.82% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031281900 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031281900 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031281900 scores 5.3/10, 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 17031281900 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. 64% 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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