Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Wacławowo Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago
Tract 17031831100 · Cook County, IL · pop 7,191 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 17031831100 sits in the Wacławowo area of Chicago eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. It is home to 7,191 residents. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units2,815
Renter share55.5%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate12.4%
Median income$97,640
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.9429, -87.7175 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wacławowo scores 6.3
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
12.4% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,570 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Wacławowo 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.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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
- 66%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)
- 540Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2002)
- 34Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wacławowo. 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.
- 16.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.0%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 14.8%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wacławowo
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Cost burden runs 38% here against 45.6% across Cook County. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 540 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,570, 9% above the Chicago average.
The worst year on record was 2002, when 2.7% of renter households were served. 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 2.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $97,640. 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031831100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031831100?
Census tract 17031831100 in the Wacławowo neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 17031831100?
Median gross rent is $1,570/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031831100?
12.4% of residents in tract 17031831100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,191.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031831100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 36th, minority 71th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 17031831100 considered part of Wacławowo?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031831100 fall within Wacławowo (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031831100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 540 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031831100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.33% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031831100 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.4% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031831100 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031831100 scores 6.3/10, 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 17031831100 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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