Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Glendale Park Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Calumet City
Tract 17031826100 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 4,698 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
For landlords sizing up the Glendale Park Historic District area of Calumet City, census tract 17031826100 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It lands near the 54th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
42% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,220 a month while the average household earns $51,296 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%Stable renters 31%Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,161
Renter share53.4%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate21.6%
Median income$51,296
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Glendale Park Historic District
Moderate
Within parent city
29th percentile
#6 of 8 tracts In Calumet City
Low
Within county
72th percentile
#371 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
85th percentile
#480 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Calumet City and the region
Centroid at 41.6048, -87.5356 · click any tract to drill in
Why Glendale Park Historic District scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Calumet City
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
21.6% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,220 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Calumet City
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Calumet City
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Calumet City
4.0
How Glendale Park Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
81%Socioeconomic
48%Household composition
88%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.
1%Grade A
3%Grade B
17%Grade C
11%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)
647Total filings over 15 yrs
6.31%Avg annual filing rate
7.4%Peak (2010)
53Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings climbed 36% over the past 15 months.
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.
27.4%Housing insecurity
17.5%Utility-shutoff threat
33.4%Food insecurity
32.3%SNAP enrollment
15.5%Transit barriers
15.1%No health insurance
18.0%Frequent mental distress
33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Glendale Park Historic District
What moves this score most is economic stress at 5.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Calumet City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cook County average of 5.7 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 27.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 17.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031826100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031826100?
Census tract 17031826100 in the Glendale Park Historic District neighborhood 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17031826100?
Median gross rent is $1,220/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031826100?
21.6% of residents in tract 17031826100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,698.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031826100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 48th, minority 88th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 17031826100 considered part of Glendale Park Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031826100 fall within Glendale Park Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031826100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 647 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031826100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.31% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031826100 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.4% 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. 17.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031826100 compare to Calumet City overall?
Tract 17031826100 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Calumet City at 4.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Calumet City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031826100 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. 11% 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 Calumet City
Top eight tracts in Calumet City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.