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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally

Gano Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago

Tract 17031530200 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,358 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 17031530200 covers Gano in Chicago in Illinois. Home to 4,358 residents, it scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

60% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 54% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,453 a month against an average household income of $39,579 a year, roughly 44% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 22% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,421
Renter share55.4%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate20.8%
Median income$39,579

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Gano
Moderate
Within parent city
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#192 of 792 tracts In Chicago
High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#205 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
High
Within state
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#219 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.6816, -87.6324 · click any tract to drill in

Why Gano scores 6.5

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
20.8% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,453 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Gano compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Gano risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 530200Chicago: 5.75.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

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.

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)

  • 1,000Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 8.83%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.3%Peak (2001)
  • 56Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170315302002001: 89 filings (11.34/100 renter HHs)2002: 72 filings (9.17/100 renter HHs)2003: 81 filings (10.32/100 renter HHs)2004: 71 filings (9.04/100 renter HHs)2005: 62 filings (8.50/100 renter HHs)2006: 78 filings (10.70/100 renter HHs)2007: 70 filings (9.60/100 renter HHs)2008: 62 filings (8.50/100 renter HHs)2009: 44 filings (6.04/100 renter HHs)2010: 62 filings (8.34/100 renter HHs)2011: 58 filings (7.68/100 renter HHs)2012: 57 filings (7.55/100 renter HHs)2013: 64 filings (8.48/100 renter HHs)2014: 74 filings (9.80/100 renter HHs)2015: 56 filings (7.42/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 37% over the past 15 months.
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 Gano

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chicago eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 21% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031530200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031530200?

Census tract 17031530200 in the Gano neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 17031530200?

Median gross rent is $1,453/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031530200?

20.8% of residents in tract 17031530200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,358.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031530200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 85th, minority 96th, housing 47th.
Q5

Is tract 17031530200 considered part of Gano?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031530200 fall within Gano (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031530200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,000 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031530200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.83% of renter households, peaking at 11.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031530200 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.1% 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. 21.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031530200 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031530200 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of Chicago at 5.7/10. 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 17031530200 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. 21% 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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Top eight tracts in Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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