Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Calumet City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031825802 · Cook County, IL · pop 7,239
17031825802 is a census tract in Calumet City, IL. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,344
Renter share29.2%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$67,813
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Calumet City and the region
Centroid at 41.6264, -87.5601 · click any tract to drill in
Why Calumet City scores 5.6
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
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,435 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Calumet City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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)
- 891Total filings over 15 yrs
- 8.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.1%Peak (2015)
- 87Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 32% 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.
- 26.1%Housing insecurity
- 17.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.2%Food insecurity
- 31.0%SNAP enrollment
- 14.5%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Calumet City
SNAP participation runs 31.0% against 15.2% nationally. The dominant input is local political climate at 7.8/10. At $1,435 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Calumet City commands.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Cost burden runs 51% here against 45.6% across Cook County. Court records carry 891 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 17.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Running cool, supply constraint reads 3.1/10. Filings peaked in 2015 at 12.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 8.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.
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 17031825802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031825802?
Census tract 17031825802 in Calumet City scores 5.6/10 (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 17031825802?
Median gross rent is $1,435/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031825802?
17.7% of residents in tract 17031825802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,239.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031825802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 42th, minority 98th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031825802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 891 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031825802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.38% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031825802 struggle to pay rent?
About 26.1% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031825802 compare to Calumet City overall?
Tract 17031825802 scores 5.6/10, 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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