Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
Pleasant District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Forest Park
Tract 17031812801 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,398 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
17031812801 is a census tract in the Pleasant District area of Oak Park, IL. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,884
Renter share58.8%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$72,987
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Forest Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8832, -87.8024 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pleasant District scores 6.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Forest Park
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,393 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Forest Park
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Forest Park
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Forest Park
4.6
How Pleasant District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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
- 95%Grade C
- 5%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)
- 383Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2003)
- 29Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 164% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Pleasant 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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 12.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pleasant District
36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Cook County average of 45.6%. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10.
The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 383 evictions over 15 years of observation.
At $1,393 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Oak Park commands. The worst year on record was 2003, when 4.0% 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 2.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031812801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031812801?
Census tract 17031812801 in the Pleasant District neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (Elevated 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 17031812801?
Median gross rent is $1,393/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031812801?
13.1% of residents in tract 17031812801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,398.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031812801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 28th, minority 62th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 17031812801 considered part of Pleasant District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031812801 fall within Pleasant District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031812801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 383 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031812801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.89% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031812801 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031812801 compare to Forest Park overall?
Tract 17031812801 scores 6.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Forest Park at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Forest Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031812801 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. 5% 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.
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