Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Marshall Square Eviction Risk: High , Chicago
Tract 17031841700 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,137 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
17031841700 is a census tract in the Marshall Square area of Chicago, IL. It scores 8.1/10 for landlords. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 50%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units610
Renter share74.1%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate24.8%
Median income$45,854
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago and the region
Centroid at 41.8531, -87.7042 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marshall Square 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
24.8% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,040 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 Marshall Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 369Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.7%Peak (2001)
- 22Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Marshall Square. 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.
- 25.8%Housing insecurity
- 15.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.7%Food insecurity
- 31.1%SNAP enrollment
- 15.5%Transit barriers
- 20.1%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 36.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marshall Square
Against Cook County at 45.6%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. 74% 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.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Food insecurity runs 33.7% against 17.8% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,040, 28% below the Chicago average. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Housing insecurity runs 25.8% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 369 filings here across 15 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2001, when 7.7% 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 4.6% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031841700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031841700?
Census tract 17031841700 in the Marshall Square 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 17031841700?
Median gross rent is $1,040/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031841700?
24.8% of residents in tract 17031841700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,137.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031841700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 64th, minority 91th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 17031841700 considered part of Marshall Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031841700 fall within Marshall Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031841700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 369 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031841700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.61% of renter households, peaking at 7.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031841700 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.8% 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. 15.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031841700 compare to Chicago overall?
Tract 17031841700 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 17031841700 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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