Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
La Grange Park Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031818600 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,764 · 92% of tract blocks fall in La Grange Park
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 17031818600 (La Grange Park in Cook County, Illinois) comes in at 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 43% of US census tracts.
41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,211 a month against an average household income of $98,125 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,891
Renter share29.2%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$98,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across La Grange Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8402, -87.8655 · click any tract to drill in
Why La Grange Park scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from La Grange Park
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,211 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from La Grange Park
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from La Grange Park
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from La Grange Park
4.7
How La Grange Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 160Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2001)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 80% 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 12.7%Frequent mental distress
- 20.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in La Grange Park
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.6/10. 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 La Grange Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cook County average of 5.7 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031818600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031818600?
Census tract 17031818600 in La Grange Park scores 2/10 (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 17031818600?
Median gross rent is $1,211/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031818600?
5.5% of residents in tract 17031818600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,764.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031818600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 21th, minority 33th, housing 31th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031818600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 160 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031818600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.81% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031818600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031818600 compare to La Grange Park overall?
Tract 17031818600 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of La Grange Park at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from La Grange Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 17031818600 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. 0% 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 La Grange Park
Top eight tracts in La Grange Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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