Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Des Plaines Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031805111 · Cook County, IL · pop 8,036 · 72% of tract blocks fall in Des Plaines
With a score of 4.7/10, tract 17031805111 in Des Plaines, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 8,036 residents. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units3,149
Renter share67.5%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$57,265
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Plaines and the region
Centroid at 42.0355, -87.9438 · click any tract to drill in
Why Des Plaines scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Des Plaines
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,328 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Des Plaines
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Des Plaines
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Des Plaines
4.1
How Des Plaines compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%Housing & transportation
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)
- 954Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2012)
- 56Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 37% 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.
- 16.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.9%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.5%Transit barriers
- 13.7%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Des Plaines
This is renter territory: 67% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The clearest offset is economic stress at 2.2/10.
It sits 1.4 points below the Cook County average of 6.1. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,328, 17% below the Des Plaines average.
Court records carry 954 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Against Cook County at 45.6%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 7.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031805111
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031805111?
Census tract 17031805111 in Des Plaines scores 4.7/10 (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 17031805111?
Median gross rent is $1,328/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031805111?
8.6% of residents in tract 17031805111 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,036.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031805111?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 72th, minority 72th, housing 92th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031805111?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 954 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031805111 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.01% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031805111 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.4% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031805111 compare to Des Plaines overall?
Tract 17031805111 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Des Plaines at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Des Plaines eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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