Within neighborhood
90
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
North Kenwood Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031836400 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,783 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
17031836400 is a census tract in the North Kenwood area of Chicago, IL. It scores 8.1/10 for landlords. Average gross rent is $718, 50% below the Chicago average.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,842
Renter share59.3%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate30.8%
Median income$27,012
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8190, -87.5952 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Kenwood scores 8.1
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
30.8% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$718 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 North Kenwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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
- 0%Grade C
- 60%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)
- 800Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.8%Peak (2014)
- 47Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 22% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North Kenwood. 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.
- 27.9%Housing insecurity
- 20.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.8%Food insecurity
- 38.0%SNAP enrollment
- 16.5%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Kenwood
SNAP participation runs 38.0% against 15.2% nationally. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Food insecurity runs 34.8% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Court records carry 800 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Filings peaked in 2014 at 8.8% of renter households.
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 5.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031836400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031836400?
Census tract 17031836400 in the North Kenwood neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 17031836400?
Median gross rent is $718/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031836400?
30.8% of residents in tract 17031836400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,783.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031836400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 38th, minority 96th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 17031836400 considered part of North Kenwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031836400 fall within North Kenwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031836400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 800 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031836400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.56% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031836400 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.9% 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. 20.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031836400 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031836400 scores 8.1/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 17031836400 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. 60% 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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