Neighborhood · Evanston, IL

Ridgeville Eviction Risk: Elevated

6 census tracts · pop 30,377 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10 · range 5.2–7.5

Ridgeville is a 6-tract neighborhood of Evanston, IL, population 30,377. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6/10, Elevated tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10.

Scores across the 6 constituent tracts range from 5.2 to 7.5. A 2.3-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. Running cool is economic stress, at 2.2/10. The severe-burden share is 12%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Filings are well documented here: 2,783 across 6 observed tracts. 34% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,529, 13% below the Evanston average of $1,762.

Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 7.1% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 3.1% in 2015, is well off that peak. Among the 7 mapped neighborhoods of Evanston, it ranks #5 by risk, the lower third.

Against average income of $94,805, annual rent is only 19%, a wide affordability cushion. 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score

Elevated

6 tracts · population-weighted

Ridgeville vs Evanston How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

34.0% +7%

Evanston: 31.8%

Average gross rent

$1,529 -13%

Evanston: $1,762

Average HH income

$94,805 -1%

Evanston: $95,766

Poverty rate

8.9% -25%

Evanston: 11.9%

Renter share

42.4% -3%

Evanston: 43.8%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Ridgeville and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 6 tracts span score 5.2–7.5

Why Ridgeville scores 6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts

5.2

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts

7.5

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 7.8–8.5 across tracts

8.1

Rent control risk

34% of income on rent · Range 5.5–6.3 across tracts

6.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.0–7.5 across tracts

5.9

Tenant organizing strength

42% renter households · Range 8.0–8.6 across tracts

8.4

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 6.1–6.5 across tracts

6.2

Economic stress

8.9% below poverty line · Range 1.1–4.3 across tracts

2.2

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.1–5.4 across tracts

3.7

Risk score comparison

Ridgeville vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Ridgeville?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 2.3 points from 5.2 to 7.5. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

7.5 7.1 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.2

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

6 tracts in Ridgeville

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
17031020100	7.5	3,927	47%	$1,439
17031810200	7.1	6,699	34%	$1,488
17031810301	5.6	4,604	18%	$1,585
17031810100	5.5	4,615	31%	$1,544
17031020200	5.3	7,203	40%	$1,432
17031810302	5.2	3,329	33%	$1,829

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 56

Pop-weighted across 6 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 50%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 43%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 70%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 61%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Ridgeville

Aggregated across 6 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

2,783Total filings (sum)
3.99%Avg annual filing rate
7.1%Peak year (2014)
3.36%Latest filed (2015)

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Ridgeville

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

12.8%Housing insecurity
7.3%Utility shutoff threat
14.8%Food insecurity
11.9%SNAP enrollment
8.5%No health insurance
23.2%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Ridgeville

What is the eviction-risk score for Ridgeville?

Ridgeville scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 6 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Ridgeville compare to Evanston overall?

Ridgeville scores 0.6 points lower than Evanston overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 34% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,529 vs $1,762.

What is the average rent in Ridgeville?

Average gross rent in Ridgeville is $1,529/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Ridgeville residents are renters?

42% of Ridgeville households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Evanston). The neighborhood has 30,377 residents.

Is Ridgeville a high social-vulnerability area?

Ridgeville sits in the 56th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Ridgeville have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Ridgeville is census tract 17031020100 (score 7.5/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 7.5, a spread of 2.3 points.

How safe is Ridgeville for landlords?

Ridgeville carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 6 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Evanston as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Ridgeville?

Ridgeville has 29,801 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (41.5%), Hispanic / Latino (22.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (21.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Ridgeville

7.2 Jarvis Square 5 tracts · pop 26,955 7.2 Little India 7 tracts · pop 45,617 7.5 Glenwood Arts District 8 tracts · pop 35,954 3.9 West End 3 tracts · pop 12,794 5.5 Evanston Lakeshore Historic District 2 tracts · pop 5,639 7.1 Church and Dodge 2 tracts · pop 8,083

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Evanston

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Ridgeville.

6.5 Ashland Arts District 3 tracts · pop 12,007 5.5 Evanston Lakeshore Historic District 2 tracts · pop 5,639 5.4 Downtown 6 tracts · pop 26,526 7 South Evanston 1 tracts · pop 2,776 7.2 Church and Dodge 2 tracts · pop 8,083 3.8 West End 3 tracts · pop 12,794

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