Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Park Arts District Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031813000 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,828 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 17031813000 sits in the Oak Park eviction risk Arts District area of Oak Park eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. Population here is 3,828. 31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,413
Renter share27.5%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$161,505
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8764, -87.7807 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Park Arts District scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Oak Park
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,306 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Park
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Park
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Park
4.6
How Oak Park Arts District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 99%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)
- 195Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2005)
- 15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Oak Park Arts District. 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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.0%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 12.3%Frequent mental distress
- 18.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Park Arts District
The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.4/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Disability prevalence runs 18.0% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.3 points below the Cook County average of 6.1.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10. At $1,306 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Oak Park commands.
SNAP participation runs 6.1% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 195 filings here across 15 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 6.9% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 3.7% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031813000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031813000?
Census tract 17031813000 in the Oak Park Arts District neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 17031813000?
Median gross rent is $1,306/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031813000?
5.6% of residents in tract 17031813000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,828.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031813000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 18th, minority 58th, housing 12th.
Q5
Is tract 17031813000 considered part of Oak Park Arts District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031813000 fall within Oak Park Arts District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031813000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 195 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031813000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.71% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031813000 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031813000 compare to Oak Park overall?
Tract 17031813000 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Oak Park at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oak Park eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031813000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Oak Park
Top eight tracts in Oak Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Ridgeland
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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Pleasant District
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
Ridgeland
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
Ridgeland
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
Pleasant District
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
Hemingway District
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Ridgeland
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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Galewood
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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