Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
Clarkdale Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031700401 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 6,218 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
17031700401 is a census tract in the Clarkdale area of Chicago, IL. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,218. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%Stable renters 8%Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,907
Renter share17.7%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$94,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
71th percentile
#3 of 8 tracts In Clarkdale
Elevated
Within parent city
34th percentile
#526 of 792 tracts In Chicago
Low
Within county
54th percentile
#617 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Moderate
Within state
78th percentile
#716 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7455, -87.7120 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clarkdale scores 6.5
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
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,203 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Clarkdale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
90%Socioeconomic
47%Household composition
95%Racial/ethnic minority
36%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
96%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
24.6%Housing insecurity
13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
28.6%Food insecurity
24.1%SNAP enrollment
13.1%Transit barriers
16.0%No health insurance
16.5%Frequent mental distress
29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clarkdale
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10. Against Cook County at 45.6%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Housing insecurity runs 24.6% against 14.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,203, 16% below the Chicago average. SNAP participation runs 24.1% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 234 evictions over 15 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2015 at 6.5% 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 9.5% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031700401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031700401?
Census tract 17031700401 in the Clarkdale neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 17031700401?
Median gross rent is $1,203/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031700401?
13.5% of residents in tract 17031700401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,218.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031700401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 47th, minority 95th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 17031700401 considered part of Clarkdale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031700401 fall within Clarkdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031700401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 234 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031700401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.52% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031700401 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.6% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031700401 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031700401 scores 6.5/10, right in line with 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 17031700401 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. 96% 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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