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Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally

Wilmette Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17031801200 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,699 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Wilmette

For landlords sizing up Wilmette, census tract 17031801200 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,250 monthly, set against $250,001 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.2
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 parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 6 tracts In Wilmette
Very Low
Within county
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#1,290 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#3,034 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
National
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#81,634 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very 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 1.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Wilmette risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.21.2This tracttract 801200Wilmette: 4.64.6Wilmetteparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

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

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.

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)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318012002001: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2002: 2 filings (2.82/100 renter HHs)2003: 1 filings (1.41/100 renter HHs)2004: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2005: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2006: 1 filings (1.73/100 renter HHs)2007: 1 filings (1.73/100 renter HHs)2008: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2009: 1 filings (1.73/100 renter HHs)2010: 1 filings (1.69/100 renter HHs)2011: 2 filings (4.35/100 renter HHs)2012: 5 filings (10.87/100 renter HHs)2013: 2 filings (4.35/100 renter HHs)2014: 2 filings (4.35/100 renter HHs)2015: 2 filings (4.35/100 renter HHs)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wilmette

What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.8/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 4.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031801200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031801200?

Census tract 17031801200 in Wilmette 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 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 1.2/10, 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.
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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