Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Douglass Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031291600 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,429 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 6.4/10, tract 17031291600 in the Douglass Park area of Chicago, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs about a quarter here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 60%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units609
Renter share80.1%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate20.0%
Median income$125,050
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8576, -87.6922 · click any tract to drill in
Why Douglass Park scores 6.4
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
20.0% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$2,040 rent vs county FMR
6.6
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 Douglass Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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
- 12%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)
- 119Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2008)
- 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 29% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Douglass 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.
- 25.1%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.0%Food insecurity
- 23.9%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 22.6%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Douglass Park
Average gross rent is $2,040, 42% above the Chicago average. 80% 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.
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Food insecurity runs 30.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 25.1% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. The voucher gap is 15.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Court records carry 119 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031291600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031291600?
Census tract 17031291600 in the Douglass Park neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 17031291600?
Median gross rent is $2,040/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031291600?
20.0% of residents in tract 17031291600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,429.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031291600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 54th, minority 86th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 17031291600 considered part of Douglass Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031291600 fall within Douglass Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031291600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 119 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031291600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.24% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031291600 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.1% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031291600 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031291600 scores 6.4/10, 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 17031291600 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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