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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Hillside Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17031818300 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,424 · 99% of tract blocks fall in Hillside

Census tract 17031818300 covers part of Hillside, IL, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,424. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 14% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,101
Renter share24.1%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$69,583

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Hillside
Very High
Within county
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#1,099 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#2,016 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hillside and the region

Centroid at 41.8773, -87.8988 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hillside scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hillside
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,141 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hillside
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hillside
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hillside
4.8

How Hillside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hillside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 818300Hillside: 4.64.6Hillsideparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 524Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 6.60%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.6%Peak (2008)
  • 34Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318183002001: 19 filings (4.41/100 renter HHs)2002: 20 filings (4.64/100 renter HHs)2003: 27 filings (6.27/100 renter HHs)2004: 25 filings (5.80/100 renter HHs)2005: 42 filings (7.69/100 renter HHs)2006: 29 filings (5.31/100 renter HHs)2007: 29 filings (5.31/100 renter HHs)2008: 58 filings (10.61/100 renter HHs)2009: 41 filings (7.50/100 renter HHs)2010: 41 filings (8.65/100 renter HHs)2011: 43 filings (7.30/100 renter HHs)2012: 39 filings (6.62/100 renter HHs)2013: 42 filings (7.13/100 renter HHs)2014: 35 filings (5.94/100 renter HHs)2015: 34 filings (5.77/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 79% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hillside

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.3/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.9 points. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 524 filings here across 15 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,141, 14% below the Hillside average.

Food insecurity runs 25.2% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 21.2% against 14.2% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2008 at 10.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031818300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031818300?

Census tract 17031818300 in Hillside scores 4.2/10 (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 17031818300?

Median gross rent is $1,141/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031818300?

5.2% of residents in tract 17031818300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,424.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031818300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 62th, minority 89th, housing 82th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031818300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 524 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031818300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.60% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 17031818300 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.2% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17031818300 compare to Hillside overall?

Tract 17031818300 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of Hillside at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hillside; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Hillside

Top eight tracts in Hillside ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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