Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,782 of 84,120 nationally
West Harvey Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 17031826901 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,728 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 17031826901 belongs to West Harvey in Harvey, Illinois. It is home to 1,728 residents and scores 6.9/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 93rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $699 monthly, set against $19,522 in average yearly household income, roughly 43% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units679
Renter share53.3%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate50.9%
Median income$19,522
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harvey and the region
Centroid at 41.6210, -87.6645 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Harvey scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Harvey
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
50.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$699 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harvey
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harvey
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harvey
8.6
How West Harvey compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 418Total filings over 15 yrs
- 6.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.0%Peak (2005)
- 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 26% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West 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.
- 44.0%Housing insecurity
- 34.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 59.6%Food insecurity
- 66.2%SNAP enrollment
- 29.7%Transit barriers
- 22.3%No health insurance
- 22.5%Frequent mental distress
- 47.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Harvey
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Harvey, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 2% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 418 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 7.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.0% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031826901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031826901?
Census tract 17031826901 in the West Harvey 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 17031826901?
Median gross rent is $699/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031826901?
50.9% of residents in tract 17031826901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,728.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031826901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 79th, minority 95th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 17031826901 considered part of West Harvey?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031826901 fall within West Harvey (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031826901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 418 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031826901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.96% of renter households, peaking at 12.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031826901 struggle to pay rent?
About 44.0% 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. 34.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031826901 compare to Harvey overall?
Tract 17031826901 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Harvey at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harvey; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031826901 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 2% 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 Harvey
Top eight tracts in Harvey ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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