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North Kenwood Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

Tract 17031381200 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,906 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 17031381200 sits in the North Kenwood area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. Population here is 1,906. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 38% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,096
Renter share68.2%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$53,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 11 tracts In North Kenwood
Very High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#105 of 792 tracts In Chicago
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#91 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.8085, -87.6140 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Kenwood scores 8.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,169 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 North Kenwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Kenwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.18.1This tracttract 381200Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 785Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 6.46%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.0%Peak (2001)
  • 42Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170313812002001: 86 filings (9.95/100 renter HHs)2002: 84 filings (9.72/100 renter HHs)2003: 69 filings (7.99/100 renter HHs)2004: 46 filings (5.32/100 renter HHs)2005: 36 filings (4.35/100 renter HHs)2006: 52 filings (6.28/100 renter HHs)2007: 39 filings (4.71/100 renter HHs)2008: 65 filings (7.85/100 renter HHs)2009: 44 filings (5.31/100 renter HHs)2010: 33 filings (4.18/100 renter HHs)2011: 50 filings (6.78/100 renter HHs)2012: 46 filings (6.23/100 renter HHs)2013: 46 filings (6.23/100 renter HHs)2014: 47 filings (6.37/100 renter HHs)2015: 42 filings (5.69/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 51% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within North Kenwood. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Kenwood

The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.

68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

SNAP participation runs 26.5% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,169, 19% below the Chicago average.

The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Food insecurity runs 27.1% against 17.8% nationally.

Court records carry 785 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Filings peaked in 2001 at 10.0% of renter households.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031381200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031381200?

Census tract 17031381200 in the North Kenwood 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 17031381200?

Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031381200?

20.5% of residents in tract 17031381200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,906.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031381200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 3th, minority 96th, housing 28th.
Q5

Is tract 17031381200 considered part of North Kenwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031381200 fall within North Kenwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031381200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 785 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031381200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.46% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031381200 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.9% 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. 15.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031381200 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031381200 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 17031381200 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. 100% 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.

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