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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally

The Bush Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

Tract 17031460800 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,376 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 17031460800 sits in the The Bush area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.1/10. Population here is 4,376. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44% Stable renters 41% Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units1,370
Renter share85.0%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate40.0%
Median income$33,048

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In The Bush
Low
Within parent city
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#205 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Elevated
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#135 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
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 41.7356, -87.5532 · click any tract to drill in

Why The Bush 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
40.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$912 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 The Bush compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
The Bush risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.18.1This tracttract 460800Chicago: 6.76.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within The Bush. 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 The Bush

SNAP participation runs 64.5% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 60.8% against 17.8% nationally.

The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 40%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Average gross rent is $912, 37% below the Chicago average.

85% 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. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.

Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Set annual rent against average income of $33,048 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Cost burden runs about half here against 45.6% across Cook County.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.8/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031460800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031460800?

Census tract 17031460800 in the The Bush 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 17031460800?

Median gross rent is $912/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031460800?

40.0% of residents in tract 17031460800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,376.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031460800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 92th, minority 99th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 17031460800 considered part of The Bush?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031460800 fall within The Bush (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17031460800 struggle to pay rent?

About 45.2% 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. 33.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17031460800 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031460800 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.
Q8

Was tract 17031460800 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. 83% 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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