Within neighborhood
83
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
K-Town Historic District Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031292200 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,540 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 8.1/10, tract 17031292200 in the K-Town Historic District area of Chicago, IL reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,540. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units956
Renter share73.1%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate18.1%
Median income$37,028
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8567, -87.7157 · click any tract to drill in
Why K-Town Historic District scores 8.1
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
18.1% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,160 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 K-Town Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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
- 14%Grade C
- 86%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)
- 567Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.2%Peak (2013)
- 42Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within K-Town Historic District. 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.
- 35.9%Housing insecurity
- 25.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 45.6%Food insecurity
- 48.4%SNAP enrollment
- 21.8%Transit barriers
- 15.1%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 37.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in K-Town Historic District
Food insecurity runs 45.6% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 35.9% against 14.2% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $37,028 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10. It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. At $1,160 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Chicago commands. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 567 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 9.2% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031292200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031292200?
Census tract 17031292200 in the K-Town Historic District neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 17031292200?
Median gross rent is $1,160/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031292200?
18.1% of residents in tract 17031292200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,540.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031292200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 29th, minority 97th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 17031292200 considered part of K-Town Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031292200 fall within K-Town Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031292200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 567 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031292200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.63% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031292200 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.9% 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. 25.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031292200 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031292200 scores 8.1/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 17031292200 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. 86% 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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