Roseland Heights Eviction Risk: High , Chicago

Against Cook County at 45.6%, around two-thirds of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 40.8% against 17.8% nationally. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10.

It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $42,083, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.

Average gross rent is $1,219, 15% below the Chicago average. Court records carry 212 eviction filings across 15 observed years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 9.0% 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 6.4% of renter households face a filing.

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