Public court records are used to create tenant blacklists, making it difficult for tenants with eviction court records to find new housing. Because the impact of an eviction filing is so detrimental, having a court record sealed can often be more important than the actual outcome of the case. Current law allows for the sealing of foreclosure-related eviction cases, and presumably a large portion of cases were sealed for that reason. The law also allows cases to be sealed if they are sufficiently without a basis in fact or law. The 2014 uptick in sealed cases is due in large part to a general order outlining procedures to ensure that all new post-foreclosure eviction filings in the First Municipal District of Cook County be identified as foreclosure-related and sealed at the beginning of the case.
Sealed Cases (%) presented with eviction filing rate. Select "2010" to display 2010 values, "2019" for 2019 values, or "Avg" to display 10-year averages (this is the default display).
| Tract | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Tract | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tract 3301.00 | 0% | 0.7% | 2.5% | 5.7% | 6.9% | 4.2% | 10% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 5.3% | Tract 3301.00 | About 100% housing and 100% population |
| Tract 3302.00 | 2.7% | 0% | 0% | 4.9% | 13.2% | 0% | 14.3% | 12.5% | 14.3% | 0% | Tract 3302.00 | About 100% housing and 100% population |
| Tract 3406.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1.8% | 7.1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Tract 3406.00 | About 100% housing and 100% population |
| Tract 3504.00 | 0% | 0% | 2.3% | 0.7% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Tract 3504.00 | |
| Tract 3514.00 | 4% | 0% | 4.4% | 0% | 13.8% | 4.8% | 25% | 4.8% | 20% | 23.5% | Tract 3514.00 | |
| Tract 3515.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 20% | 8.3% | 0% | Tract 3515.00 | |
| Tract 3802.00 | 0% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 0% | 4.4% | 6.7% | 0% | 0% | 6.5% | 0% | Tract 3802.00 | |
| Tract 3805.00 | 0% | 3.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6.1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11.1% | Tract 3805.00 | |
| Tract 3807.00 | 4.8% | 0% | 3.3% | 6.7% | 31.3% | 16% | 27.3% | 4.4% | 14.8% | 3.1% | Tract 3807.00 | |
| Tract 3812.00 | 0% | 0% | 4.1% | 2% | 7.7% | 10.9% | 10% | 3.5% | 7.7% | 2.6% | Tract 3812.00 | About 93% housing and 93% population |
| Tract 3814.00 | 4.4% | 12.1% | 8.2% | 16.1% | 8.3% | 17.2% | 28.9% | 14.6% | 12.1% | 18% | Tract 3814.00 | |
| Tract 3815.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 15.4% | 0% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Tract 3815.00 | |
| Tract 3817.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | Tract 3817.00 | |
| Tract 3818.00 | 12.5% | 7.7% | 0% | 6.9% | 12.5% | 20.5% | 20.6% | 4.2% | 6.3% | 12.1% | Tract 3818.00 | |
| Tract 3819.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2.9% | 18.5% | 33.3% | 3.2% | 8.7% | 0% | 23.5% | Tract 3819.00 | About 36% housing and 39% population |
| Tract 4003.00 | 9.1% | 5.3% | 20% | 17.2% | 11.1% | 33.3% | 25.7% | 5% | 16.1% | 8.3% | Tract 4003.00 | About 100% housing and 100% population |
| Tract 4004.00 | 0% | 2% | 4% | 0% | 1.6% | 12% | 4.2% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 10% | Tract 4004.00 | About 1% housing and 2% population |
| Tract 4005.00 | 0% | 0% | 1.1% | 3.2% | 8.8% | 23.2% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 12.7% | 10.4% | Tract 4005.00 | About 0% housing and 0% population |
| Tract 8345.00 | 2.4% | 0% | 7.3% | 4.4% | 12.8% | 15.4% | 22.9% | 21.1% | 17.7% | 9.8% | Tract 8345.00 | About 15% housing and 17% population |
| Tract 8346.00 | 12.8% | 4.4% | 12.5% | 7.9% | 16% | 18.2% | 44.4% | 25% | 20% | 17.4% | Tract 8346.00 | About 19% housing and 21% population |
| Tract 8355.00 | 3.5% | 5% | 0% | 0% | 5.4% | 11.4% | 8.1% | 16.7% | 25% | 10% | Tract 8355.00 | About 100% housing and 100% population |
| Tract 8356.00 | 18.2% | 9.1% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 16.7% | 16.7% | 23.1% | 18.2% | 43.8% | Tract 8356.00 | |
| Tract 8357.00 | 33.3% | 0% | 5.6% | 0% | 0% | 9.5% | 14.3% | 16.7% | 11.1% | 22.2% | Tract 8357.00 | |
| Tract 8358.00 | 0% | 5.9% | 10.8% | 2.9% | 10.5% | 21.3% | 13.8% | 10.3% | 5% | 4.6% | Tract 8358.00 | |
| Tract 8359.00 | 4.8% | 1.1% | 5.9% | 2.7% | 7.6% | 14.3% | 11.3% | 10.7% | 3.7% | 15% | Tract 8359.00 | |
| Tract 8360.00 | 12.5% | 3.2% | 12.1% | 2.6% | 7.3% | 26.5% | 27.5% | 15.4% | 16.1% | 6.7% | Tract 8360.00 | About 63% housing and 66% population |
| Tract 8361.00 | 5.6% | 0% | 0% | 1.6% | 12.2% | 9.1% | 4.8% | 4.2% | 6.8% | 12.5% | Tract 8361.00 | About 100% housing and 100% population |
| Tract 8392.00 | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 7.7% | 5.3% | 15% | 2.6% | 7% | 9.4% | Tract 8392.00 | About 28% housing and 26% population |
| Tract 8395.00 | 5.9% | 7.7% | 0% | 0% | 5.9% | 30% | 0% | 13.3% | 13.3% | 20% | Tract 8395.00 | About 63% housing and 57% population |
| Tract 8396.00 | 5.3% | 0% | 4.8% | 0% | 15.8% | 20% | 33.3% | 0% | 0% | 12.5% | Tract 8396.00 | About 81% housing and 83% population |
| Tract 8410.00 | 0% | 14.3% | 3.5% | 0% | 12.5% | 17.9% | 16.7% | 4.6% | 0% | 0% | Tract 8410.00 | About 64% housing and 57% population |
| Tract 8411.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 14.3% | 0% | 12.5% | 0% | 7.7% | 0% | Tract 8411.00 | About 0% housing and 0% population |
| Tract 8420.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 8.3% | 0% | 0% | 50% | 50% | 66.7% | 0% | Tract 8420.00 | About 76% housing and 94% population |
| Tract 8426.00 | 0% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 21.1% | 13% | 18.2% | 8% | 0% | 15% | Tract 8426.00 | About 2% housing and 2% population |
| Tract 8438.00 | 11.4% | 4.2% | 17.4% | 4.6% | 21.9% | 31% | 9.5% | 10% | 20% | 16.7% | Tract 8438.00 | About 15% housing and 21% population |
Ward 3 contains partial census tracts. The value calculated for Ward 3 is based its boundaries. Census tracts are presented with their full values based on their boundaries. The percentages noted are for informational purposes only.
