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Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Arlington Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17031803007 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,201 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Arlington Heights

Census tract 17031803007 covers part of Arlington Heights, IL, and scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,201 residents. The severe-burden share is 61%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 6% Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,116
Renter share14.7%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$105,833

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 17 tracts In Arlington Heights
High
Within county
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#1,103 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#2,094 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
National
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#47,371 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Arlington Heights and the region

Centroid at 42.1317, -87.9707 · click any tract to drill in

Why Arlington Heights scores 4.1

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
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,893 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Arlington Heights
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Arlington Heights
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Arlington Heights
3.8

How Arlington Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Arlington Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.14.1This tracttract 803007Arlington Heights: 4.54.5Arlington Heightsparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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

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)

  • 197Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 5.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.0%Peak (2002)
  • 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318030072001: 15 filings (5.56/100 renter HHs)2002: 35 filings (12.96/100 renter HHs)2003: 23 filings (8.52/100 renter HHs)2004: 11 filings (4.07/100 renter HHs)2005: 10 filings (3.15/100 renter HHs)2006: 4 filings (1.26/100 renter HHs)2007: 4 filings (1.26/100 renter HHs)2008: 19 filings (5.99/100 renter HHs)2009: 15 filings (4.73/100 renter HHs)2010: 8 filings (2.65/100 renter HHs)2011: 22 filings (11.40/100 renter HHs)2012: 12 filings (6.22/100 renter HHs)2013: 6 filings (3.11/100 renter HHs)2014: 4 filings (2.07/100 renter HHs)2015: 9 filings (4.66/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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 Arlington Heights

61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Cook County average of 45.6%. It sits 2.0 points below the Cook County average of 6.1. What pushes it up most is regional political climate at 7.5/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 197 filings here across 15 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 13.0% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Statute speed, court posture and rent-regulation exposure are inherited from Arlington Heights eviction risk rather than measured on these blocks; the economic and supply components are the tract-level part of the score.

Social vulnerability reads 4.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.

Average gross rent is $1,893, close to the Arlington Heights average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $105,833.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031803007

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031803007?

Census tract 17031803007 in Arlington Heights scores 4.1/10 (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 17031803007?

Median gross rent is $1,893/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031803007?

14.6% of residents in tract 17031803007 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,201.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031803007?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 44th, minority 37th, housing 62th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031803007?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 197 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031803007 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.17% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 17031803007 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17031803007 compare to Arlington Heights overall?

Tract 17031803007 scores 4.1/10, lower than 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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