Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
West Roseland Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031730700 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,288 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 17031730700 sits in the West Roseland area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.6/10. The severe-burden share is 43%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units774
Renter share16.7%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate18.1%
Median income$67,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.7031, -87.6501 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Roseland scores 7.6
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
18.1% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,623 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 West Roseland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 100%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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
- 54%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)
- 142Total filings over 15 yrs
- 6.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2012)
- 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 44% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Roseland. 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.
- 25.5%Housing insecurity
- 16.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.5%Food insecurity
- 30.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.5%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Roseland
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 67% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10. SNAP participation runs 30.1% against 15.2% nationally.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
Food insecurity runs 30.5% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 142 eviction filings across 15 observed years. At $1,623 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of Chicago commands.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 8.6% of renter households.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031730700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031730700?
Census tract 17031730700 in the West Roseland neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 17031730700?
Median gross rent is $1,623/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031730700?
18.1% of residents in tract 17031730700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,288.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031730700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 60th, minority 100th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 17031730700 considered part of West Roseland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031730700 fall within West Roseland (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031730700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 142 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031730700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.95% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031730700 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.5% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031730700 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031730700 scores 7.6/10, 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 17031730700 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. 54% 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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