Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
West Haven Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031837800 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,875 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 8.1/10, tract 17031837800 in the West Haven area of Chicago, IL reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,875 residents. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 16%
Tract context
Occupied units1,283
Renter share84.5%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate30.6%
Median income$34,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very 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 41.8848, -87.6841 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Haven 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
30.6% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,286 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 West Haven 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
- 19%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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
- 92%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)
- 697Total filings over 15 yrs
- 6.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.0%Peak (2010)
- 47Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Haven. 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.
- 23.9%Housing insecurity
- 16.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.7%Food insecurity
- 28.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.8%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Haven
Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income of $34,688, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 84% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 8.5/10. It sits 2.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 27.7% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 23.9% against 14.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 697 filings here across 15 tracked years. Cost burden runs 50% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031837800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031837800?
Census tract 17031837800 in the West Haven 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 17031837800?
Median gross rent is $1,286/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031837800?
30.6% of residents in tract 17031837800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,875.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031837800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 19th, minority 86th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 17031837800 considered part of West Haven?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031837800 fall within West Haven (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031837800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 697 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031837800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.83% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031837800 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.9% 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. 16.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031837800 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031837800 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 17031837800 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. 92% 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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