Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Wilmette Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031801200 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,699 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Wilmette
17031801200 is a census tract in Wilmette, IL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,699. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 3.1 points.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,460
Renter share4.1%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate0.0%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmette and the region
Centroid at 42.0789, -87.6848 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilmette scores 3
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
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,250 rent vs county FMR
7.8
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 Wilmette 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.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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.
- 32%Grade A
- 47%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 20Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.9%Peak (2012)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 4.0%Housing insecurity
- 2.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.2%Food insecurity
- 2.9%SNAP enrollment
- 2.9%Transit barriers
- 3.1%No health insurance
- 10.0%Frequent mental distress
- 19.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wilmette
30% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Cook County average of 45.6%. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
The voucher gap is 27.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Food insecurity runs 4.2% against 17.8% nationally.
Running hot, supply constraint reads 7.8/10. SNAP participation runs 2.9% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 20 evictions over 11 years of observation. At $2,250 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Wilmette commands.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 10.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031801200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031801200?
Census tract 17031801200 in Wilmette scores 3/10 (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 17031801200?
Median gross rent is $2,250/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031801200?
0.0% of residents in tract 17031801200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,699.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031801200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 51th, minority 11th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031801200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17031801200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.58% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031801200 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.0% 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. 2.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031801200 compare to Wilmette overall?
Tract 17031801200 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Wilmette at 4.3/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 17031801200 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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