Neighborhood · Arlington Heights, IL

Hidden Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate

5 census tracts · pop 16,221 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10 · range 3.1–7.1

Hidden Creek is a 5-tract neighborhood of Arlington Heights, IL and houses 16,221 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, in the Moderate tier. Scores across the 5 constituent tracts range from 3.1 to 7.1. A 4-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here.

Against a Arlington Heights baseline of 26.3%, 37% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Average gross rent is $1,355, 23% below the Arlington Heights average of $1,760.

The severe-burden share is 16%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 2.7/10.

Filings are well documented here: 957 across 3 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 11.4% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 2.9% in 2015, is well off that peak.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $74,683. 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

5 tracts · population-weighted

Hidden Creek vs Arlington Heights How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

37.1% +41%

Arlington Heights: 26.3%

Average gross rent

$1,355 -23%

Arlington Heights: $1,760

Average HH income

$74,683 -37%

Arlington Heights: $118,532

Poverty rate

12.7% +103%

Arlington Heights: 6.3%

Renter share

55.8% +115%

Arlington Heights: 26.0%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Hidden Creek and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 5 tracts span score 3.1–7.1

Why Hidden Creek scores 5.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts

5.2

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts

7.5

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 6.6–6.6 across tracts

6.6

Rent control risk

37% of income on rent · Range 3.7–6.5 across tracts

5.2

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 4.6–5.1 across tracts

4.7

Tenant organizing strength

56% renter households · Range 4.4–7.0 across tracts

6.3

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 3.7–5.9 across tracts

4.8

Economic stress

12.7% below poverty line · Range 1.0–4.9 across tracts

3.2

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.8–4.3 across tracts

2.7

Risk score comparison

Hidden Creek vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Hidden Creek?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 4 points from 3.1 to 7.1. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

7.1 5.9 5.6 3.8 3.1

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

5 tracts in Hidden Creek

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
17031803614	7.1	4,145	48%	$1,279
17031803613	5.9	3,891	42%	$1,197
17031803612	5.6	3,470	36%	$1,406
17031803012	3.8	2,014	32%	$1,639
17031803005	3.1	2,701	19%	$1,420

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 65

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 68%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 61%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 71%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 46%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Hidden Creek

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

957Total filings (sum)
5.57%Avg annual filing rate
11.4%Peak year (2011)
2.79%Latest filed (2015)

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Hidden Creek

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

19.0%Housing insecurity
10.2%Utility shutoff threat
23.5%Food insecurity
19.0%SNAP enrollment
16.8%No health insurance
27.1%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Hidden Creek

What is the eviction-risk score for Hidden Creek?

Hidden Creek scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Hidden Creek compare to Arlington Heights overall?

Hidden Creek scores 0.9 points higher than Arlington Heights overall (4.5/10). Renters spend 37% of income on rent vs 26% citywide. Average rent: $1,355 vs $1,760.

What is the average rent in Hidden Creek?

Average gross rent in Hidden Creek is $1,355/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Hidden Creek residents are renters?

56% of Hidden Creek households are renter-occupied (vs 26% in Arlington Heights). The neighborhood has 16,221 residents.

Is Hidden Creek a high social-vulnerability area?

Hidden Creek sits in the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Hidden Creek have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Hidden Creek is census tract 17031803614 (score 7.1/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.1 to 7.1, a spread of 4 points.

How safe is Hidden Creek for landlords?

Hidden Creek carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Arlington Heights as a whole (4.5/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Hidden Creek?

Hidden Creek has 16,146 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (47.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (38.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Hidden Creek

4.3 Winston Park 4 tracts · pop 21,336 5.8 Heatherlea 2 tracts · pop 7,120 5.1 Baldwin 3 tracts · pop 15,256 3.2 Scarsdale 6 tracts · pop 33,154 3.9 Plum Grove Village 2 tracts · pop 13,386 3.9 Williamsburg 3 tracts · pop 14,898

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Arlington Heights

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Hidden Creek.

3.2 Scarsdale 6 tracts · pop 33,154

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