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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally

South Brighton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

Tract 17031580800 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,096 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Here is how census tract 17031580800, in South Brighton in Chicago eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.1/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 2,096. It lands near the 43rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,015 a month while the average household earns $67,679 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 36% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units606
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$67,679

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 11 tracts In South Brighton
Very Low
Within parent city
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#491 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Low
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#575 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#875 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.8102, -87.6866 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Brighton scores 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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,015 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 South Brighton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Brighton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 580800Chicago: 5.75.7Chicagoparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 89Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 2.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.1%Peak (2015)
  • 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170315808002001: 4 filings (1.39/100 renter HHs)2002: 4 filings (1.39/100 renter HHs)2003: 4 filings (1.39/100 renter HHs)2004: 9 filings (3.12/100 renter HHs)2005: 2 filings (0.99/100 renter HHs)2006: 3 filings (1.49/100 renter HHs)2007: 3 filings (1.49/100 renter HHs)2008: 5 filings (2.48/100 renter HHs)2009: 6 filings (2.97/100 renter HHs)2010: 8 filings (2.70/100 renter HHs)2011: 7 filings (1.94/100 renter HHs)2012: 7 filings (1.94/100 renter HHs)2013: 9 filings (2.50/100 renter HHs)2014: 7 filings (1.94/100 renter HHs)2015: 11 filings (3.06/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 175% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Brighton. 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 South Brighton

What moves this score most is 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 below the Cook County average of 5.7 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 89 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.1% of renter households in 2015.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031580800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031580800?

Census tract 17031580800 in the South Brighton neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 17031580800?

Median gross rent is $1,015/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031580800?

8.3% of residents in tract 17031580800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,096.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031580800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 28th, minority 99th, housing 23th.
Q5

Is tract 17031580800 considered part of South Brighton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031580800 fall within South Brighton (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031580800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 89 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031580800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.05% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031580800 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.7% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031580800 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031580800 scores 5/10, lower 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 17031580800 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. 0% 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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