Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Central Street Evanston Eviction Risk: Lower , Wilmette
Tract 17031801300 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,448 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 17031801300 runs through the Central Street Evanston neighborhood of Wilmette. With 4,448 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 39% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 45% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,135 monthly, set against $148,967 in average yearly household income, roughly 9% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,738
Renter share24.9%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$148,967
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmette and the region
Centroid at 42.0741, -87.6970 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central Street Evanston scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,135 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 5%Grade A
- 69%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)
- 81Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2008)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.5%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.8%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 11.0%Frequent mental distress
- 20.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central Street Evanston
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 5.2/10. 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 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 81 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 1.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.1% of renter households in 2008.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031801300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031801300?
Census tract 17031801300 in the Central Street Evanston neighborhood scores 1.7/10 (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 17031801300?
Median gross rent is $1,135/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031801300?
9.4% of residents in tract 17031801300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,448.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031801300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 68th, minority 33th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 17031801300 considered part of Central Street Evanston?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031801300 fall within Central Street Evanston (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031801300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 81 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031801300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.49% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031801300 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031801300 compare to Wilmette overall?
Tract 17031801300 scores 1.7/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 17031801300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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