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Wildwood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago

Tract 17031807800 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,718 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 17031807800 sits in the Wildwood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It has a population of 2,718 and an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10 (Moderate tier). 0% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 0% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $3,501/month against a median household income of $156,771 — roughly 27% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 6% Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units835
Renter share5.6%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$156,771

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#3 of 3 tracts In Wildwood
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#13 of 13 tracts In Chicago
Very Low
Within county
5 th percentile
Rank — 5th percentileBottomTop
#1,270 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
16 th percentile
Rank — 16th percentileBottomTop
#2,745 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago and the region

Centroid at 42.0152, -87.7637 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wildwood scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chicago
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago
6.1

How Wildwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wildwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.54.5This tracttract 807800Chicago: 6.86.8Chicagoparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.45.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B — Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 45Total filings over 12 yrs
  • 25.73%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.2%Peak (2011)
  • 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 — 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318078002001: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2002: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2003: 1 filings (3.16/100 renter HHs)2004: 2 filings (6.32/100 renter HHs)2005: 1 filings (19.39/100 renter HHs)2006: 3 filings (58.17/100 renter HHs)2007: 3 filings (58.17/100 renter HHs)2008: 4 filings (77.56/100 renter HHs)2009: 3 filings (58.17/100 renter HHs)2010: 4 filings (5.97/100 renter HHs)2011: 9 filings (8.18/100 renter HHs)2012: 5 filings (4.55/100 renter HHs)2013: 7 filings (6.36/100 renter HHs)2014: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2015: 3 filings (2.73/100 renter HHs)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wildwood. 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031807800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031807800?

Census tract 17031807800 in the Wildwood neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 17031807800?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031807800?

3.5% of residents in tract 17031807800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,718.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031807800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 68th, minority 54th, housing 36th.

Q5

Is tract 17031807800 considered part of Wildwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031807800 fall within Wildwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031807800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 17031807800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.73% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 17031807800 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.0% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 17031807800 compare to Chicago overall?

Tract 17031807800 scores 4.5/10 — lower than the parent city of Chicago at 6.8/10. 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 17031807800 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chicago

Top eight tracts in Chicago ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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