Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Pleasant District Eviction Risk: Lower , Forest Park
Tract 17031812802 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,826 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 17031812802 covers Pleasant District in Forest Park, home to 2,826 residents. For landlords it grades 5.3/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 50% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,268 a month while the average household earns $86,569 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,254
Renter share52.9%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$86,569
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Forest Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8833, -87.7972 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pleasant District scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Forest Park
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,268 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Forest Park
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Forest Park
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Forest Park
4.6
How Pleasant District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 211Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2015)
- 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 62% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Pleasant District. 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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 19.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pleasant District
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Forest Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cook County average of 5.7 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 211 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.7% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031812802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031812802?
Census tract 17031812802 in the Pleasant District neighborhood scores 2.9/10 (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 17031812802?
Median gross rent is $1,268/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031812802?
6.7% of residents in tract 17031812802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,826.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031812802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 71th, minority 64th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 17031812802 considered part of Pleasant District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031812802 fall within Pleasant District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031812802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 211 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031812802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.57% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031812802 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031812802 compare to Forest Park overall?
Tract 17031812802 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Forest Park at 4.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Forest Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031812802 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 Forest Park
Top eight tracts in Forest Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Low
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3.1
/ 10 · Low
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2.9
/ 10 · Low
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2.6
/ 10 · Low
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2.1
/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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