Tract 17031670900 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 1,246 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 8.1/10, tract 17031670900 in the South Lynn area of Chicago, IL reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,246 residents. SNAP participation runs 41.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%Stable renters 23%Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units521
Renter share42.0%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate37.8%
Median income$30,542
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
63th percentile
#7 of 17 tracts In South Lynn
Elevated
Within parent city
90th percentile
#82 of 792 tracts In Chicago
High
Within county
86th percentile
#192 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
High
Within state
100th percentile
#5 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7832, -87.6570 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Lynn scores 8.1
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
37.8% poverty · this tract
9.4
Supply constraint
$972 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 Lynn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
96%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
94%Racial/ethnic minority
24%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
0%Grade C
100%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)
237Total filings over 15 yrs
6.17%Avg annual filing rate
10.4%Peak (2001)
9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings dropped 69% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Lynn. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
31.3%Housing insecurity
20.8%Utility-shutoff threat
40.3%Food insecurity
41.0%SNAP enrollment
18.6%Transit barriers
15.6%No health insurance
18.5%Frequent mental distress
36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Lynn
The dominant input is economic stress at 9.4/10. Food insecurity runs 40.3% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 38%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Set annual rent against average income of $30,542 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. At $972 a month, rents run 33% under what the rest of Chicago commands.
It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 237 evictions over 15 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2001, when 10.4% of renter households were served. 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 17031670900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031670900?
Census tract 17031670900 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 17031670900?
Median gross rent is $972/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031670900?
37.8% of residents in tract 17031670900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,246.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031670900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 66th, minority 94th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 17031670900 considered part of South Lynn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031670900 fall within South Lynn (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031670900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 237 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031670900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.17% of renter households, peaking at 10.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031670900 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.3% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031670900 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031670900 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 17031670900 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. 100% 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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