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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally

Indian Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago Heights

Tract 17031829401 · Cook County, IL · pop 948 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 17031829401 covers the Indian Hill neighborhood of Chicago Heights in Illinois. Home to 948 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

71% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $744 a month while the average household earns $54,875 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 9% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units308
Renter share31.8%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$54,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 11 tracts In Indian Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 9 tracts In Chicago Heights
Low
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#555 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#824 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.4969, -87.6598 · click any tract to drill in

Why Indian Hill scores 5.1

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
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$744 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.
Indian Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.15.1This tracttract 829401Chicago Heights: 5.35.3Chicago Heightsparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 82

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

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)

  • 165Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 7.32%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.1%Peak (2010)
  • 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318294012001: 14 filings (7.95/100 renter HHs)2002: 10 filings (5.68/100 renter HHs)2003: 12 filings (6.82/100 renter HHs)2004: 12 filings (6.82/100 renter HHs)2005: 13 filings (9.70/100 renter HHs)2006: 8 filings (5.97/100 renter HHs)2007: 13 filings (9.70/100 renter HHs)2008: 10 filings (7.46/100 renter HHs)2009: 10 filings (7.46/100 renter HHs)2010: 16 filings (9.09/100 renter HHs)2011: 14 filings (9.86/100 renter HHs)2012: 10 filings (7.04/100 renter HHs)2013: 3 filings (2.11/100 renter HHs)2014: 9 filings (6.34/100 renter HHs)2015: 11 filings (7.75/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 21% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Indian Hill

The score leans hardest on housing court bias at $1/10. 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 above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 165 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 7.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.1% of renter households in 2010.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031829401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031829401?

Census tract 17031829401 in the Indian Hill neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate 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 17031829401?

Median gross rent is $744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031829401?

10.1% of residents in tract 17031829401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 948.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031829401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 94th, minority 100th, housing 24th.
Q5

Is tract 17031829401 considered part of Indian Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031829401 fall within Indian Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031829401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 165 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031829401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.32% of renter households, peaking at 9.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031829401 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.4% 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. 15.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031829401 compare to Chicago Heights overall?

Tract 17031829401 scores 5.1/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chicago Heights

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

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