Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Des Plaines Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031806002 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 7,235 · 37% of tract blocks fall in Des Plaines
17031806002 is a census tract in Des Plaines, IL. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 7,235. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%Stable renters 16%Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,516
Renter share29.3%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$69,354
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
87th percentile
#3 of 16 tracts In Des Plaines
High
Within county
20th percentile
#1,062 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
45th percentile
#1,784 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
National
53th percentile
#39,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Plaines and the region
Centroid at 42.0483, -87.8666 · click any tract to drill in
Why Des Plaines scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,453 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
71%Socioeconomic
80%Household composition
71%Racial/ethnic minority
87%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
12.0%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
16.5%Food insecurity
12.2%SNAP enrollment
7.4%Transit barriers
9.4%No health insurance
13.7%Frequent mental distress
24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Des Plaines
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points. What pushes it up most is regional political climate at 7.5/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.7/10. The filing record is not thin: 545 evictions over 15 years of observation.
At $1,453 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Des Plaines commands. The worst year on record was 2010, when 7.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 53% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Des Plaines eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract.
Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for roughly one in two of renters.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031806002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031806002?
Census tract 17031806002 in Des Plaines scores 4.6/10 (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 17031806002?
Median gross rent is $1,453/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031806002?
10.7% of residents in tract 17031806002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,235.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031806002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 80th, minority 71th, housing 87th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031806002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 545 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031806002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.31% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031806002 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031806002 compare to Des Plaines overall?
Tract 17031806002 scores 4.6/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Des Plaines
Top eight tracts in Des Plaines ranked by composite eviction-risk score.