Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Financial District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago
Tract 17031839100 · Cook County, IL · pop 8,227 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 17031839100 covers part of the Financial District area of Chicago, IL, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 8,227 residents. Average gross rent is $2,534, 76% above the Chicago average.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 48%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units4,629
Renter share75.2%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$139,943
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8810, -87.6331 · click any tract to drill in
Why Financial District scores 5.3
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
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$2,534 rent vs county FMR
9.4
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 Financial District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%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
- 8%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)
- 1,102Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.5%Peak (2010)
- 98Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 15% over the past 15 months.
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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 15.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Financial District
The voucher gap is 43.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 9.4/10.
This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.5/10. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Cook County average of 45.6%.
17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 9.1% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 1,102 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 9.5% of renter households.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031839100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031839100?
Census tract 17031839100 in the Financial District neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 17031839100?
Median gross rent is $2,534/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031839100?
6.0% of residents in tract 17031839100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,227.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031839100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 1th, minority 72th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 17031839100 considered part of Financial District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031839100 fall within Financial District (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031839100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,102 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031839100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.80% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031839100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031839100 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031839100 scores 5.3/10, 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 17031839100 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. 8% 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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