Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #41,101 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
Census tract 17031806002 is in Des Plaines, Illinois. It has a population of 7,235 and an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). 47% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 28% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,453/month against a median household income of $69,354 — roughly 25% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
5.3
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 county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
51
th percentile
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 5.3
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
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 · 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)
- 545Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2010)
- 37Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 16% 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.
- 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
Frequently asked
About tract 17031806002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031806002?
Census tract 17031806002 in Des Plaines scores 5.3/10 (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 5.3/10 — right in line with the parent city of Des Plaines at 5.2/10. 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.
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5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.0
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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