Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally
Old Downtown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Calumet City
Tract 17031825900 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,442 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 17031825900 (Old Downtown in Calumet City, Illinois) comes in at 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 78th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 53% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,544 a month against an average household income of $49,241 a year, roughly 38% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,017
Renter share34.4%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate34.1%
Median income$49,241
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Calumet City and the region
Centroid at 41.6217, -87.5424 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Downtown scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
34.1% poverty · this tract
8.5
Supply constraint
$1,544 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Old Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 15%Grade C
- 32%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)
- 363Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2010)
- 29Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 93% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Old Downtown. 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.
- 35.4%Housing insecurity
- 24.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 46.2%Food insecurity
- 47.4%SNAP enrollment
- 21.6%Transit barriers
- 20.3%No health insurance
- 20.4%Frequent mental distress
- 40.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Downtown
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.5/10. 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 above the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 32% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031825900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031825900?
Census tract 17031825900 in the Old Downtown neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 17031825900?
Median gross rent is $1,544/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031825900?
34.1% of residents in tract 17031825900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,442.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031825900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 92th, minority 93th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 17031825900 considered part of Old Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031825900 fall within Old Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031825900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 363 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031825900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.91% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031825900 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.4% 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. 24.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031825900 compare to Calumet City overall?
Tract 17031825900 scores 6.4/10, 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 17031825900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 32% 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.
Tract · IL
Berger
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
Globe
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
Old Downtown
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
Forest-Southview Historic District
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
Glendale Park Historic District
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
17031825802
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IL
Schrum
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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