Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Stewart Ridge Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031530503 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,369 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 7.6/10, tract 17031530503 in the Stewart Ridge area of Chicago, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,369 residents. 38% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,482
Renter share22.6%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$50,405
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.6642, -87.6375 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stewart Ridge scores 7.6
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
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,591 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Stewart Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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
- 6%Grade C
- 28%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)
- 384Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2003)
- 36Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Stewart Ridge. 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.
- 25.3%Housing insecurity
- 17.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.5%Food insecurity
- 31.3%SNAP enrollment
- 14.3%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 32.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stewart Ridge
Set annual rent against average income of $50,405 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10. SNAP participation runs 31.3% against 15.2% nationally.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Against Cook County at 45.6%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Housing insecurity runs 25.3% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 384 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
At $1,591 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Chicago commands. Filings peaked in 2003 at 8.3% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031530503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031530503?
Census tract 17031530503 in the Stewart Ridge neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 17031530503?
Median gross rent is $1,591/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031530503?
12.8% of residents in tract 17031530503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,369.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031530503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 76th, minority 100th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 17031530503 considered part of Stewart Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031530503 fall within Stewart Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031530503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 384 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031530503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.62% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031530503 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.3% 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. 17.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031530503 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031530503 scores 7.6/10, 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 17031530503 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. 28% 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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