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Hidden Creek Eviction Risk: Moderate , Arlington Heights

Tract 17031803614 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,145 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Eviction risk in Hidden Creek in Arlington Heights centers on tract 17031803614, which scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 4,145 residents. It lands near the 69th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,279 monthly, set against $61,120 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 78% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 41% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,596
Renter share77.9%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$61,120

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Hidden Creek
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 14 tracts In Arlington Heights
Very High
Within county
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#662 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Moderate
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#1,068 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Arlington Heights and the region

Centroid at 42.1363, -88.0112 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hidden Creek scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Arlington Heights
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,279 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Arlington Heights
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Arlington Heights
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Arlington Heights
5.9

How Hidden Creek compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hidden Creek risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 803614Arlington Heights: 4.54.5Arlington Heightsparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hidden Creek. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hidden Creek

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Arlington Heights eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 24.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031803614

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031803614?

Census tract 17031803614 in the Hidden Creek neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 17031803614?

Median gross rent is $1,279/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031803614?

18.8% of residents in tract 17031803614 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,145.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031803614?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 76th, minority 79th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 17031803614 considered part of Hidden Creek?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031803614 fall within Hidden Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17031803614 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.1% 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17031803614 compare to Arlington Heights overall?

Tract 17031803614 scores 4.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Arlington Heights at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Arlington Heights eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Arlington Heights

Top eight tracts in Arlington Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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