Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Bellwood Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031817000 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,982
17031817000 is a census tract in Bellwood, IL. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,982 residents. Against Cook County at 45.6%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,638
Renter share23.8%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$73,704
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bellwood and the region
Centroid at 41.8874, -87.8725 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bellwood scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bellwood
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,171 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bellwood
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bellwood
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bellwood
7.3
How Bellwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 5%Grade B
- 13%Grade C
- 9%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 458Total filings over 15 yrs
- 7.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.4%Peak (2001)
- 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 49% 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.
- 25.4%Housing insecurity
- 15.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.0%Food insecurity
- 28.3%SNAP enrollment
- 13.8%Transit barriers
- 15.5%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bellwood
The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Food insecurity runs 31.0% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 25.4% against 14.2% nationally.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 458 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,171, 9% below the Bellwood average.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 9.4% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 7.6% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031817000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031817000?
Census tract 17031817000 in Bellwood scores 5.5/10 (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 17031817000?
Median gross rent is $1,171/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031817000?
10.1% of residents in tract 17031817000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,982.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031817000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 85th, minority 96th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031817000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 458 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031817000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.62% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031817000 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.4% 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. 15.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031817000 compare to Bellwood overall?
Tract 17031817000 scores 5.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Bellwood at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 17031817000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 9% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bellwood
Top eight tracts in Bellwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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