Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Crawford Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031300500 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,240 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 17031300500 covers part of the Crawford area of Chicago, IL, and scores 7.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.1/10.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units977
Renter share56.1%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate22.6%
Median income$76,023
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8474, -87.7219 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crawford scores 7.9
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
22.6% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,072 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Crawford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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
- 100%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)
- 174Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2009)
- 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 62% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Crawford. 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.
- 31.8%Housing insecurity
- 17.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.3%Food insecurity
- 34.5%SNAP enrollment
- 17.6%Transit barriers
- 32.4%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 36.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Crawford
SNAP participation runs 34.5% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 31.8% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
It sits 1.8 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Average gross rent is $1,072, 26% below the Chicago average.
The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 174 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2009 at 3.7% of renter households.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031300500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031300500?
Census tract 17031300500 in the Crawford neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 17031300500?
Median gross rent is $1,072/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031300500?
22.6% of residents in tract 17031300500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,240.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031300500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 75th, minority 95th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 17031300500 considered part of Crawford?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031300500 fall within Crawford (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031300500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 174 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031300500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.90% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031300500 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.8% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031300500 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031300500 scores 7.9/10, 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 17031300500 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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