Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Buffalo Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031803013 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 5,724
With a score of 3/10, tract 17031803013 in Buffalo Grove, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,724 residents. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 3.1 points.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%Stable renters 7%Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,394
Renter share11.2%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$106,226
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
78th percentile
#3 of 10 tracts In Buffalo Grove
High
Within county
5th percentile
#1,269 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
12th percentile
#2,873 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
National
20th percentile
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buffalo Grove and the region
Centroid at 42.1431, -87.9719 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buffalo Grove scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,621 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
6%Socioeconomic
38%Household composition
34%Racial/ethnic minority
53%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
8.1%Housing insecurity
4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
9.0%Food insecurity
6.5%SNAP enrollment
4.8%Transit barriers
6.2%No health insurance
12.9%Frequent mental distress
22.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buffalo Grove
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,621, 20% below the Buffalo Grove average. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.5% against 15.2% nationally.
41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Cook County average of 45.6%. Court records carry 174 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 4.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031803013
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031803013?
Census tract 17031803013 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 17031803013?
Median gross rent is $1,621/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031803013?
3.4% of residents in tract 17031803013 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,724.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031803013?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 38th, minority 34th, housing 53th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031803013?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 174 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031803013 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.64% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031803013 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031803013 compare to Buffalo Grove overall?
Tract 17031803013 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.