Census Tract · Ranked #25,210 of 84,120 nationally

Skokie Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17031806900 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,524

Census tract 17031806900 is in Skokie, Illinois. It has a population of 5,524 and an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). 53% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 25% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,768/month against a median household income of $74,036 — roughly 29% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 14% Owners 70%

Tract context

Occupied units2,213

Renter share29.8%

SVI overall0.75

Poverty rate11.0%

Median income$74,036

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Skokie and the region

Centroid at 42.0568, -87.7557 · click any tract to drill in

Why Skokie scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Skokie

6.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.5

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

11.0% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,768 rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Skokie

7.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Skokie

5.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Skokie

6.1

How Skokie compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

56%Socioeconomic
85%Household composition
71%Racial/ethnic minority
73%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.

0%Grade A
0%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

163Total filings over 13 yrs
2.59%Avg annual filing rate
6.0%Peak (2012)
16Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 — 2015

Filings climbed 1,500% over the past 15 months.

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.

9.4%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
13.0%Food insecurity
9.6%SNAP enrollment
6.0%Transit barriers
7.5%No health insurance
12.1%Frequent mental distress
25.4%Any disability

Frequently asked

About tract 17031806900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031806900?

Census tract 17031806900 in Skokie scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17031806900?

Median gross rent is $1,768/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031806900?

11.0% of residents in tract 17031806900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,524.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031806900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 85th, minority 71th, housing 73th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031806900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 17031806900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.59% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 17031806900 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.4% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17031806900 compare to Skokie overall?

Tract 17031806900 scores 5.8/10 — right in line with the parent city of Skokie at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Skokie eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17031806900 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 Skokie

Top eight tracts in Skokie ranked by composite eviction-risk score.