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Central Street Evanston Eviction Risk: Lower , Wilmette

Tract 17031801000 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,261 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 17031801000 belongs to the Central Street Evanston neighborhood of Wilmette, Illinois. It is home to 5,261 residents and scores $1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 39th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,859 a month against an average household income of $172,661 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

1.2

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 10% Owners 83%

Tract context

Occupied units2,045

Renter share16.5%

SVI overall0.24

Poverty rate1.0%

Median income$172,661

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wilmette and the region

Centroid at 42.0723, -87.7349 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Street Evanston scores 1.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Wilmette

6.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.5

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

1.0% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,859 rent vs county FMR

5.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Wilmette

5.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Wilmette

3.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Wilmette

3.8

How Central Street Evanston 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.

11%Socioeconomic
67%Household composition
40%Racial/ethnic minority
29%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
1%Grade B
19%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)

83Total filings over 15 yrs
1.57%Avg annual filing rate
3.9%Peak (2008)
8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2015

Filings climbed 300% over the past 15 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Central Street Evanston. 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.

5.2%Housing insecurity
3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
6.0%Food insecurity
4.1%SNAP enrollment
3.5%Transit barriers
3.8%No health insurance
10.3%Frequent mental distress
19.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Central Street Evanston

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 5.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Wilmette, 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th 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.

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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031801000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031801000?

Census tract 17031801000 in the Central Street Evanston neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17031801000?

Median gross rent is $1,859/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031801000?

1.0% of residents in tract 17031801000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,261.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031801000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 67th, minority 40th, housing 29th.

Is tract 17031801000 considered part of Central Street Evanston?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031801000 fall within Central Street Evanston (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031801000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031801000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.57% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 17031801000 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.2% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17031801000 compare to Wilmette overall?

Tract 17031801000 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Wilmette at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilmette; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17031801000 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 Wilmette

Top eight tracts in Wilmette ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org