Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Indian Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Chicago Heights
Tract 17031800500 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,576 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
For landlords sizing up Indian Hill in Chicago Heights, census tract 17031800500 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,725 a month while the average household earns $250,001 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,841
Renter share10.0%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago Heights and the region
Centroid at 42.1002, -87.7407 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indian Hill scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chicago Heights
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,725 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago Heights
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago Heights
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago Heights
5.7
How Indian Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 34%Grade A
- 15%Grade B
- 31%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)
- 34Total filings over 12 yrs
- 1.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2011)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Indian Hill. 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.
- 5.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.7%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 11.7%Frequent mental distress
- 18.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indian Hill
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.4/10. 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 Chicago eviction risk Heights, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cook County average of 5.7 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 34 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 1.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.7% of renter households in 2011.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), 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 17031800500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031800500?
Census tract 17031800500 in the Indian Hill 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17031800500?
Median gross rent is $1,725/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031800500?
2.4% of residents in tract 17031800500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,576.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031800500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 28th, minority 11th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 17031800500 considered part of Indian Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031800500 fall within Indian Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031800500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 17031800500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.70% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031800500 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.6% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031800500 compare to Chicago Heights overall?
Tract 17031800500 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Chicago Heights at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chicago eviction risk Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031800500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 Chicago Heights
Top eight tracts in Chicago Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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