1 census tracts · pop 3,231 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.5/10
· range 7.5–7.5
Cottage Grove Heights maps to a single census tract in Chicago, IL and houses 3,231 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.5/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 42% against 29.3% citywide, putting Cottage Grove Heights 13.1% over its own city.
32% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.6/10.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. At $1,154 a month, rents sit 20% under what the rest of Chicago commands.
The filing record is not thin: 793 evictions logged in this tract. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 22.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. SNAP participation is 25.9% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 16%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Filing activity peaked in 2001 at 12.0% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 7.5% in 2015 against a 12.0% peak.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 7.5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Cottage Grove Heights vs ChicagoHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority98%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport4%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cottage Grove Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
793Total filings (sum)
6.88%Avg annual filing rate
12.0%Peak year (2001)
7.52%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cottage Grove Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
22.1%Housing insecurity
14.5%Utility shutoff threat
26.2%Food insecurity
25.9%SNAP enrollment
8.3%No health insurance
31.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cottage Grove Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cottage Grove Heights?
Cottage Grove Heights scores 7.5/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Cottage Grove Heights compare to Chicago overall?
Cottage Grove Heights scores 0.8 points higher than Chicago overall (6.7/10). Renters spend 42% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,154 vs $1,440.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cottage Grove Heights?
Average gross rent in Cottage Grove Heights is $1,154/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cottage Grove Heights residents are renters?
49% of Cottage Grove Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Chicago). The neighborhood has 3,231 residents.
Q5
Is Cottage Grove Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Cottage Grove Heights sits in the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Cottage Grove Heights for landlords?
Cottage Grove Heights carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Chicago as a whole (6.7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Cottage Grove Heights?
Cottage Grove Heights has 3,066 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (95.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (2%), Other / Multiracial (1.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
