Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Buffalo Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031803010 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,686 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Buffalo Grove
Census tract 17031803010 covers part of Buffalo Grove, IL, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,686 residents. roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,734
Renter share4.6%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$120,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buffalo Grove and the region
Centroid at 42.1513, -87.9800 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buffalo Grove scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,364 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
3.7
How Buffalo Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
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)
- 116Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.6%Peak (2001)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 95% 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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 19.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buffalo Grove
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 3.1 points. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,364, 33% below the Buffalo Grove average.
20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 7.9% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.7/10. Court records carry 116 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2001 at 10.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031803010
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031803010?
Census tract 17031803010 in Buffalo Grove scores 3/10 (Lower 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 17031803010?
Median gross rent is $1,364/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031803010?
2.1% of residents in tract 17031803010 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,686.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031803010?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 44th, minority 62th, housing 13th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031803010?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 116 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031803010 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.93% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031803010 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031803010 compare to Buffalo Grove overall?
Tract 17031803010 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Buffalo Grove at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buffalo Grove eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Buffalo Grove
Top eight tracts in Buffalo Grove ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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