Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Evanston
Tract 17031811900 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,126 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
17031811900 is a census tract in the Downtown area of River Forest, IL. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 6,126 residents. 47% 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
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,820
Renter share7.2%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$218,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Evanston and the region
Centroid at 41.9008, -87.8189 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Evanston
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,597 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Evanston
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Evanston
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Evanston
5.4
How Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 39%Grade A
- 28%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 163Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.2%Peak (2013)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 19.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 45.6% across Cook County. It sits 2.9 points below the Cook County average of 6.1. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.8/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 163 filings here across 15 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 9.2% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031811900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031811900?
Census tract 17031811900 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 17031811900?
Median gross rent is $1,597/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031811900?
3.6% of residents in tract 17031811900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,126.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031811900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 21th, minority 34th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 17031811900 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031811900 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031811900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031811900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.65% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031811900 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031811900 compare to Evanston overall?
Tract 17031811900 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Evanston at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Evanston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031811900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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 Evanston
Top eight tracts in Evanston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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