Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
East Ravenswood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031830800 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,415 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 17031830800 in the East Ravenswood area of Chicago, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,415. This is renter territory: 86% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 56%
Owners 14%
Tract context
Occupied units1,583
Renter share85.8%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$85,819
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9651, -87.6766 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Ravenswood scores 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
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,500 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 East Ravenswood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 186Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2001)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 83% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Ravenswood. 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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 16.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Ravenswood
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. Against Cook County at 45.6%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10.
20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Disability prevalence runs 16.2% against 31.5% nationally.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 186 evictions over 15 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2001, when 1.9% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.5/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031830800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031830800?
Census tract 17031830800 in the East Ravenswood 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 17031830800?
Median gross rent is $1,500/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031830800?
6.1% of residents in tract 17031830800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,415.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031830800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 3th, minority 44th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 17031830800 considered part of East Ravenswood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031830800 fall within East Ravenswood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031830800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 186 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031830800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.01% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031830800 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031830800 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031830800 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 17031830800 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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