Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
K-Town Historic District Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031292500 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,461 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 8.1/10, tract 17031292500 in the K-Town Historic District area of Chicago, IL reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,461 residents. SNAP participation runs 38.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,488
Renter share64.9%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate20.6%
Median income$54,968
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
79
th percentile
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 41.8552, -87.7322 · 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
20.6% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,303 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 K-Town Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 67%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)
- 765Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.8%Peak (2001)
- 62Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 30% 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.
- 29.8%Housing insecurity
- 19.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.5%Food insecurity
- 38.3%SNAP enrollment
- 17.5%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 35.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in K-Town Historic District
Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 37.5% against 17.8% nationally.
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. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 765 filings here across 15 tracked years.
about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Cook County average of 45.6%. At $1,303 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Chicago commands. Filings peaked in 2001 at 7.8% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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. In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031292500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031292500?
Census tract 17031292500 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 17031292500?
Median gross rent is $1,303/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031292500?
20.6% of residents in tract 17031292500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,461.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031292500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 36th, minority 99th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 17031292500 considered part of K-Town Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031292500 fall within K-Town Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031292500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 765 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031292500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.96% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031292500 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.8% 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. 19.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031292500 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031292500 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 17031292500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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