Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgeville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Evanston
Tract 17031810100 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 4,615 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
17031810100 is a census tract in the Ridgeville area of Evanston, IL. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. 31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%Stable renters 32%Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,975
Renter share45.8%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$95,483
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
40th percentile
#4 of 6 tracts In Ridgeville
Moderate
Within parent city
33th percentile
#13 of 19 tracts In Evanston
Low
Within county
36th percentile
#853 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
64th percentile
#1,177 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Evanston and the region
Centroid at 42.0302, -87.6846 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgeville scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,544 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Evanston
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Evanston
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Evanston
6.1
How Ridgeville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
19%Socioeconomic
4%Household composition
50%Racial/ethnic minority
69%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
100%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)
468Total filings over 15 yrs
2.60%Avg annual filing rate
4.2%Peak (2001)
12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings dropped 78% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ridgeville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
8.6%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
8.9%Food insecurity
6.7%SNAP enrollment
5.1%Transit barriers
5.6%No health insurance
12.9%Frequent mental distress
18.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgeville
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.2/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10.
Disability prevalence runs 18.4% against 31.5% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10.
SNAP participation runs 6.7% against 15.2% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 468 evictions over 15 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,544, 12% below the Evanston average.
Filings peaked in 2001 at 4.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 3.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031810100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031810100?
Census tract 17031810100 in the Ridgeville neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 17031810100?
Median gross rent is $1,544/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031810100?
4.9% of residents in tract 17031810100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,615.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031810100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 4th, minority 50th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 17031810100 considered part of Ridgeville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031810100 fall within Ridgeville (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031810100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 468 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031810100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.60% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031810100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031810100 compare to Evanston overall?
Tract 17031810100 scores 5.5/10, 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 17031810100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.