Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
South Evanston Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 17031809800 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,776 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 17031809800 covers part of the South Evanston area of Evanston, IL, and scores 7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Cook County at 45.6%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,021
Renter share55.8%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$77,694
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Evanston and the region
Centroid at 42.0375, -87.6855 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Evanston scores 7
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
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,401 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 South Evanston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 161Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2003)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 15 months.
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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 10.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Evanston
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.8/10. At $1,401 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Evanston commands. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 161 evictions over 15 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2003 at 2.8% 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 1.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031809800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031809800?
Census tract 17031809800 in the South Evanston neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 17031809800?
Median gross rent is $1,401/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031809800?
14.8% of residents in tract 17031809800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,776.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031809800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 39th, minority 53th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 17031809800 considered part of South Evanston?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031809800 fall within South Evanston (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031809800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 161 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031809800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.83% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031809800 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031809800 compare to Evanston overall?
Tract 17031809800 scores 7/10, 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 17031809800 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.
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