Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Princeton Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031711500 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,628 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 17031711500 sits in the Princeton Park area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. It is home to 2,628 residents. 61% 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
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units818
Renter share20.9%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$52,885
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7324, -87.6387 · click any tract to drill in
Why Princeton Park 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
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,637 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Princeton Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 71
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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
- 74%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 167Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.9%Peak (2002)
- 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Princeton Park. 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.
- 31.7%Housing insecurity
- 21.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.0%Food insecurity
- 43.4%SNAP enrollment
- 19.1%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 38.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Princeton Park
79% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Cook County average of 45.6%. Food insecurity runs 41.0% against 17.8% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $52,885 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 31.7% against 14.2% nationally.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 167 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,637, 14% above the Chicago average. The worst year on record was 2002, when 15.9% of renter households were served.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031711500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031711500?
Census tract 17031711500 in the Princeton Park 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 17031711500?
Median gross rent is $1,637/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031711500?
12.5% of residents in tract 17031711500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,628.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031711500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 94th, minority 100th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 17031711500 considered part of Princeton Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031711500 fall within Princeton Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031711500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 167 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031711500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.84% of renter households, peaking at 15.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031711500 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.7% 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. 21.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031711500 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031711500 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 17031711500 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. 2% 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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