Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Central Station Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031320600 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,116 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 17031320600 covers part of the Central Station area of Chicago, IL, and scores 5.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,116. Average gross rent is $2,471, 72% above the Chicago average.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units3,752
Renter share64.4%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$117,847
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
21
th percentile
Low
Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8706, -87.6166 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central Station scores 5.7
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
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,471 rent vs county FMR
9.0
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 Central Station compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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
- 38%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)
- 739Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2004)
- 26Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 51% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Central Station. 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 15.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central Station
The voucher gap is 40.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. What pushes it up most is supply constraint at 9/10.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
40% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Cook County average of 45.6%. SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 739 filings here across 15 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 7.6% 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 4.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031320600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031320600?
Census tract 17031320600 in the Central Station neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 17031320600?
Median gross rent is $2,471/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031320600?
12.0% of residents in tract 17031320600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,116.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031320600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 1th, minority 63th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 17031320600 considered part of Central Station?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031320600 fall within Central Station (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031320600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 739 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031320600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.96% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031320600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031320600 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031320600 scores 5.7/10, 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 17031320600 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. 38% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chicago
Top eight tracts in Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · IL
Little India
8.1
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
Southport Corridor
8.1
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
Central Park
8.1
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
Oakwood Shores
8.1
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
Dauphin Park
8.1
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
Forest Hill
8.1
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
Canaryville
8.1
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
North Kenwood
8.1
/ 10 · High
Related