Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Pleasant District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Forest Park
Tract 17031816000 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,441 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 17031816000 runs through the Pleasant District neighborhood of Forest Park. With 3,441 residents, it scores 5.1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 43% of US census tracts.
31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,527 monthly, set against $91,527 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,698
Renter share49.6%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$91,527
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Forest Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8764, -87.8163 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pleasant District scores 4
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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,527 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Forest Park
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Forest Park
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Forest Park
5.0
How Pleasant District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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
- 52%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 442Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2001)
- 27Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 20.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pleasant District
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031816000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031816000?
Census tract 17031816000 in the Pleasant District neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 17031816000?
Median gross rent is $1,527/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031816000?
10.8% of residents in tract 17031816000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,441.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031816000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 2th, minority 53th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 17031816000 considered part of Pleasant District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031816000 fall within Pleasant District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031816000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 442 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031816000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.95% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031816000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031816000 compare to Forest Park overall?
Tract 17031816000 scores 4/10, 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 17031816000 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. 1% 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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