Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Indian Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago Heights

Tract 17031829302 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,291 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 17031829302 covers part of the Indian Hill area of Chicago Heights, IL, and scores 7.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,291 residents. SNAP participation runs 44.9% against 15.2% nationally.

Risk score

7.6

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 32% Owners 38%

Tract context

Occupied units1,005

Renter share61.6%

SVI overall0.91

Poverty rate37.9%

Median income$51,725

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5049, -87.6663 · click any tract to drill in

Why Indian Hill scores 7.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Chicago Heights

5.9

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.5

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

37.9% poverty · this tract

9.5

Supply constraint

$1,223 rent vs county FMR

1.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Chicago Heights

7.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Chicago Heights

7.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Chicago Heights

8.0

How Indian Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

90%Socioeconomic
70%Household composition
90%Racial/ethnic minority
85%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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

987Total filings over 15 yrs
9.32%Avg annual filing rate
14.0%Peak (2007)
58Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 to 2015

Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

33.5%Housing insecurity
22.7%Utility-shutoff threat
43.6%Food insecurity
44.9%SNAP enrollment
20.4%Transit barriers
18.2%No health insurance
20.1%Frequent mental distress
38.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Indian Hill

Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.5/10.

The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Housing insecurity runs 33.5% against 14.2% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.

Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8/10. At $1,223 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Chicago Heights commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 987 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2007 at 14.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.3% of renter households face a filing.

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 17031829302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031829302?

Census tract 17031829302 in the Indian Hill neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (Elevated 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 17031829302?

Median gross rent is $1,223/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031829302?

37.9% of residents in tract 17031829302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,291.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031829302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 70th, minority 90th, housing 85th.

Is tract 17031829302 considered part of Indian Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031829302 fall within Indian Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031829302?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 987 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031829302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.32% of renter households, peaking at 14.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 17031829302 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.5% 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. 22.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17031829302 compare to Chicago Heights overall?

Tract 17031829302 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Chicago Heights at 6.2/10. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chicago Heights

Top eight tracts in Chicago Heights 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