Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
South Harvey Eviction Risk: Elevated , Hazel Crest
Tract 17031828402 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,517 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 17031828402 in the South Harvey area of Homewood, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,517. Cost burden runs 74% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,395
Renter share30.0%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate19.3%
Median income$60,179
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hazel Crest and the region
Centroid at 41.5697, -87.6410 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Harvey scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hazel Crest
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
19.3% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,320 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hazel Crest
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hazel Crest
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hazel Crest
6.2
How South Harvey compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%Housing & transportation
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)
- 415Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2006)
- 39Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 95% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Harvey. 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.
- 18.2%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.8%Food insecurity
- 22.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Harvey
26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The dominant input is local political climate at 7.8/10.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 415 evictions over 15 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 22.6% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2006, when 8.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031828402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031828402?
Census tract 17031828402 in the South Harvey neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 17031828402?
Median gross rent is $1,320/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031828402?
19.3% of residents in tract 17031828402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,517.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031828402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 76th, minority 80th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 17031828402 considered part of South Harvey?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031828402 fall within South Harvey (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031828402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 415 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031828402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.28% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031828402 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.2% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031828402 compare to Hazel Crest overall?
Tract 17031828402 scores 6/10, right in line with the parent city of Hazel Crest at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hazel Crest; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hazel Crest
Top eight tracts in Hazel Crest ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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