Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Schrum Eviction Risk: Moderate , Calumet City
Tract 17031825803 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,761 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
17031825803 is a census tract in the Schrum area of Calumet City, IL. It scores 4.9/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,625
Renter share50.8%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$65,336
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Calumet City and the region
Centroid at 41.6192, -87.5620 · click any tract to drill in
Why Schrum scores 4.9
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
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$815 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Schrum compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1,492Total filings over 15 yrs
- 8.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.9%Peak (2004)
- 72Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% 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.
- 23.5%Housing insecurity
- 14.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.4%Food insecurity
- 25.9%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 9.7%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Schrum
The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $815, 31% below the Calumet City average.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.
SNAP participation runs 25.9% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Housing insecurity runs 23.5% against 14.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,492 filings here across 15 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 15.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 8.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031825803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031825803?
Census tract 17031825803 in the Schrum neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 17031825803?
Median gross rent is $815/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031825803?
11.0% of residents in tract 17031825803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,761.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031825803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 44th, minority 93th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 17031825803 considered part of Schrum?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031825803 fall within Schrum (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031825803?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,492 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031825803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.49% of renter households, peaking at 15.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031825803 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.5% 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. 14.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031825803 compare to Calumet City overall?
Tract 17031825803 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Calumet City at 4.6/10. 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.
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