Within neighborhood
10
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
North Kenwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031390100 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,854 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 17031390100 covers part of the North Kenwood area of Chicago, IL, and scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,854. Cost burden runs 79% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units798
Renter share51.8%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate11.4%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8136, -87.5905 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Kenwood scores 6.2
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
$979 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 North Kenwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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
- 29%Grade C
- 12%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)
- 391Total filings over 15 yrs
- 7.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.6%Peak (2001)
- 24Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 56% 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.
- 22.0%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.0%Food insecurity
- 22.6%SNAP enrollment
- 11.7%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Kenwood
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. At $979 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Chicago commands. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Court records carry 391 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 22.0% against 14.2% nationally. SNAP participation runs 22.6% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 17.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 7.9% of renter households face a filing.
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 17031390100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031390100?
Census tract 17031390100 in the North Kenwood neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 17031390100?
Median gross rent is $979/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031390100?
11.4% of residents in tract 17031390100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,854.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031390100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 84th, minority 92th, housing 41th.
Q5
Is tract 17031390100 considered part of North Kenwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031390100 fall within North Kenwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031390100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 391 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031390100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.93% of renter households, peaking at 17.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031390100 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.0% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031390100 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031390100 scores 6.2/10, 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 17031390100 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. 12% 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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