Within neighborhood
31
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
South Lynn Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031670400 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,616 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
17031670400 is a census tract in the South Lynn area of Chicago, IL. It scores 8.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,616 residents. 50% 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
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units633
Renter share60.2%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate32.5%
Median income$33,482
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7903, -87.6718 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Lynn scores 8.1
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
32.5% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,267 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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
- 100%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)
- 382Total filings over 15 yrs
- 7.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.1%Peak (2001)
- 26Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 41% 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.
- 32.7%Housing insecurity
- 21.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 43.2%Food insecurity
- 44.0%SNAP enrollment
- 19.6%Transit barriers
- 18.8%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 39.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Lynn
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 83% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 43.2% against 17.8% nationally.
Set annual rent against average income of $33,482 and the ratio lands at 45%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Housing insecurity runs 32.7% against 14.2% nationally.
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10. It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.1/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Court records carry 382 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
Average gross rent is $1,267, 12% below the Chicago average. Filings peaked in 2001 at 14.1% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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. In a typical year about 8.0% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031670400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031670400?
Census tract 17031670400 in the South Lynn neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 17031670400?
Median gross rent is $1,267/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 83% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031670400?
32.5% of residents in tract 17031670400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,616.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031670400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 89th, minority 98th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 17031670400 considered part of South Lynn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031670400 fall within South Lynn (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031670400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 382 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031670400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.96% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031670400 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.7% 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. 21.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031670400 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031670400 scores 8.1/10, 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 17031670400 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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