Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgeville Eviction Risk: Elevated , Evanston
Tract 17031810200 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,699 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 17031810200 covers part of the Ridgeville area of Evanston, IL, and scores 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units2,822
Renter share61.4%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate15.3%
Median income$75,161
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Evanston and the region
Centroid at 42.0228, -87.6833 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgeville scores 7.1
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
15.3% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,488 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 52%Grade B
- 42%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)
- 1,203Total filings over 15 yrs
- 6.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.1%Peak (2001)
- 67Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ridgeville. 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.
- 15.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.2%Food insecurity
- 14.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 14.9%Frequent mental distress
- 23.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgeville
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
It sits 1.0 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. At $1,488 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Evanston commands. The filing record is not thin: 1,203 evictions over 15 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2001 at 7.1% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 6.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.1/10.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031810200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031810200?
Census tract 17031810200 in the Ridgeville neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated 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 17031810200?
Median gross rent is $1,488/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031810200?
15.3% of residents in tract 17031810200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,699.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031810200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 55th, minority 78th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 17031810200 considered part of Ridgeville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031810200 fall within Ridgeville (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031810200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,203 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031810200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.41% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031810200 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.3% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031810200 compare to Evanston overall?
Tract 17031810200 scores 7.1/10, higher 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 17031810200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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