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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally

Greenwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Dolton

Tract 17031826301 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,365 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 17031826301 sits in the Greenwood area of Dolton, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. It is home to 4,365 residents. 61% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 9% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,447
Renter share28.0%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$68,699

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Greenwood
High
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 6 tracts In Dolton
Low
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#575 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#662 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dolton and the region

Centroid at 41.6153, -87.6065 · click any tract to drill in

Why Greenwood scores 6.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Dolton
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,494 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dolton
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dolton
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dolton
8.7

How Greenwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Greenwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.76.7This tracttract 826301Dolton: 6.46.4Doltonparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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

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)

  • 382Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 9.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.4%Peak (2013)
  • 37Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318263012001: 21 filings (8.79/100 renter HHs)2002: 12 filings (5.02/100 renter HHs)2003: 23 filings (9.62/100 renter HHs)2004: 25 filings (10.46/100 renter HHs)2005: 27 filings (9.78/100 renter HHs)2006: 20 filings (7.25/100 renter HHs)2007: 26 filings (9.42/100 renter HHs)2008: 24 filings (8.70/100 renter HHs)2009: 33 filings (11.96/100 renter HHs)2010: 17 filings (4.83/100 renter HHs)2011: 22 filings (7.97/100 renter HHs)2012: 26 filings (9.42/100 renter HHs)2013: 37 filings (13.41/100 renter HHs)2014: 32 filings (11.59/100 renter HHs)2015: 37 filings (13.41/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 76% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Greenwood. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Greenwood

Against Cook County at 45.6%, 69% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.3/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10.

Food insecurity runs 31.2% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 26.3% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.8/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 382 filings here across 15 tracked years. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points. The worst year on record was 2013, when 13.4% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 9.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8/10.

Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031826301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031826301?

Census tract 17031826301 in the Greenwood neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (Elevated 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 17031826301?

Median gross rent is $1,494/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031826301?

11.9% of residents in tract 17031826301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,365.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031826301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 50th, minority 97th, housing 61th.
Q5

Is tract 17031826301 considered part of Greenwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031826301 fall within Greenwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031826301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 382 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031826301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.44% of renter households, peaking at 13.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031826301 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.3% 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. 17.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031826301 compare to Dolton overall?

Tract 17031826301 scores 6.7/10, higher than the parent city of Dolton at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dolton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dolton

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

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