Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
K-Town Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031813702 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,719 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 17031813702 covers part of the K-Town Historic District area of Cicero, IL, and scores 6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 26% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,269
Renter share61.7%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$78,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8552, -87.7465 · click any tract to drill in
Why K-Town Historic District scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chicago
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,310 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago
5.8
How K-Town Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 95%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
- 100%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 276Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.1%Peak (2012)
- 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 325% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within K-Town Historic District. 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.
- 25.4%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.2%Food insecurity
- 20.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 27.2%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in K-Town Historic District
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 27.2% against 11.3% nationally.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10. Food insecurity runs 30.2% against 17.8% nationally. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. Court records carry 276 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
At $1,310 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Cicero commands. Filings peaked in 2012 at 5.1% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 3.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031813702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031813702?
Census tract 17031813702 in the K-Town Historic District neighborhood scores 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 17031813702?
Median gross rent is $1,310/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031813702?
10.4% of residents in tract 17031813702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,719.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031813702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 54th, minority 95th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 17031813702 considered part of K-Town Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031813702 fall within K-Town Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031813702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 276 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031813702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.32% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031813702 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.4% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031813702 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031813702 scores 6/10, lower 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 17031813702 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. 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.
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