Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
West Lawn Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031650500 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,159 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 17031650500 sits in the West Lawn area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,547
Renter share13.9%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate18.2%
Median income$64,432
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7622, -87.7320 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Lawn scores 7.8
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
18.2% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,057 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 West Lawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 144Total filings over 14 yrs
- 4.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2014)
- 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 57% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Lawn. 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.
- 25.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.7%Food insecurity
- 24.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.4%Transit barriers
- 26.7%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Lawn
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
It sits 1.7 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Average gross rent is $1,057, 27% below the Chicago average.
Food insecurity runs 31.7% against 17.8% nationally. Against Cook County at 45.6%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Housing insecurity runs 25.5% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 144 filings here across 14 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2014, when 10.8% of renter households were served.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031650500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031650500?
Census tract 17031650500 in the West Lawn neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 17031650500?
Median gross rent is $1,057/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031650500?
18.2% of residents in tract 17031650500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,159.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031650500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 88th, minority 84th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 17031650500 considered part of West Lawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031650500 fall within West Lawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031650500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 144 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 17031650500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.55% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031650500 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.5% 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. 12.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031650500 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031650500 scores 7.8/10, 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 17031650500 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.
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