Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
South Lynn Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031670200 · Cook County, IL · pop 724 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
17031670200 is a census tract in the South Lynn area of Chicago, IL. It scores 7.4/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 17% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 68%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units484
Renter share82.4%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate25.3%
Median income$96,152
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7904, -87.6621 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Lynn scores 7.4
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
25.3% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,495 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Lynn 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.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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
- 1%Grade C
- 99%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)
- 378Total filings over 15 yrs
- 10.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.9%Peak (2001)
- 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 58% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Lynn. 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.
- 31.2%Housing insecurity
- 19.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.4%Food insecurity
- 37.7%SNAP enrollment
- 18.3%Transit barriers
- 18.2%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Lynn
SNAP participation runs 37.7% against 15.2% nationally. 82% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 31.2% against 14.2% nationally. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
It sits 1.3 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 378 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2001 at 11.9% of renter households.
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. In a typical year about 10.8% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031670200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031670200?
Census tract 17031670200 in the South Lynn neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 17031670200?
Median gross rent is $1,495/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031670200?
25.3% of residents in tract 17031670200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 724.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031670200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 74th, minority 100th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 17031670200 considered part of South Lynn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031670200 fall within South Lynn (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031670200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 378 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031670200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.84% of renter households, peaking at 11.9% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031670200 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.2% 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. 19.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031670200 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031670200 scores 7.4/10, 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 17031670200 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. 99% 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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