Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Roosevelt Square Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031310600 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,542 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
17031310600 is a census tract in the Roosevelt Square area of Chicago, IL. It scores 6.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,542. Against Cook County at 45.6%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 49%
Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units2,523
Renter share73.7%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$75,604
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8563, -87.6596 · click any tract to drill in
Why Roosevelt Square scores 6.8
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
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,333 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Roosevelt Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 70%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)
- 380Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2001)
- 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 46% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Roosevelt Square. 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.
- 19.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.7%Food insecurity
- 16.9%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 18.1%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Roosevelt Square
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. This is renter territory: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 380 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
It sits 0.7 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. The worst year on record was 2001, when 2.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031310600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031310600?
Census tract 17031310600 in the Roosevelt Square neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 17031310600?
Median gross rent is $1,333/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031310600?
11.4% of residents in tract 17031310600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,542.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031310600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 25th, minority 80th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 17031310600 considered part of Roosevelt Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031310600 fall within Roosevelt Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031310600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 380 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031310600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.54% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031310600 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.1% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031310600 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031310600 scores 6.8/10, right in line with 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 17031310600 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. 70% 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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