Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
West Roseland Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031750100 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,636 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 7.9/10, tract 17031750100 in the West Roseland area of Chicago, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,636. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,559
Renter share23.5%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$53,273
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.6958, -87.6520 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Roseland scores 7.9
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
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 West Roseland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 93%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
- 4%Grade C
- 55%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)
- 345Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2014)
- 31Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 41% 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.
- 20.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.5%Food insecurity
- 23.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Roseland
79% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Cook County average of 45.6%. The dominant input is local political climate at 8.5/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 23.8% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 345 evictions over 15 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2014, when 8.4% of renter households were served.
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 5.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031750100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031750100?
Census tract 17031750100 in the West Roseland neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 17031750100?
16.3% of residents in tract 17031750100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,636.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031750100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 59th, minority 93th, housing 24th.
Q4
Is tract 17031750100 considered part of West Roseland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031750100 fall within West Roseland (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031750100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 345 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031750100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.47% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031750100 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.9% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031750100 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031750100 scores 7.9/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 17031750100 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. 55% 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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