Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Placerdale Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031530400 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,356 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
17031530400 is a census tract in the Placerdale area of Chicago, IL. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,356 residents. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units815
Renter share21.1%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate19.3%
Median income$83,836
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.6740, -87.6515 · click any tract to drill in
Why Placerdale scores 7.3
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
19.3% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,663 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 Placerdale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 19%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)
- 148Total filings over 15 yrs
- 7.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2011)
- 16Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 60% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Placerdale. 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.
- 25.1%Housing insecurity
- 15.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.9%Food insecurity
- 29.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Placerdale
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Housing insecurity runs 25.1% against 14.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $1,663 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Chicago commands.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 148 filings here across 15 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 15.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 10.8% of renter households were served. 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031530400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031530400?
Census tract 17031530400 in the Placerdale neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 17031530400?
Median gross rent is $1,663/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031530400?
19.3% of residents in tract 17031530400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,356.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031530400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 72th, minority 97th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 17031530400 considered part of Placerdale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031530400 fall within Placerdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031530400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 148 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031530400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.30% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031530400 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.1% 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. 15.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031530400 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031530400 scores 7.3/10, 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 17031530400 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. 19% 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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