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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally

Indian Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago Heights

Tract 17031828900 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,769 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 17031828900 covers the Indian Hill area of Chicago Heights in Illinois. Home to 3,769 residents, it scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,048 monthly, set against $58,189 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 33% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,233
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate30.5%
Median income$58,189

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 11 tracts In Indian Hill
Elevated
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 9 tracts In Chicago Heights
High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#186 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#190 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5162, -87.6350 · click any tract to drill in

Why Indian Hill scores 6.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chicago Heights
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
30.5% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,048 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago Heights
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago Heights
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago Heights
8.0

How Indian Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Indian Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.66.6This tracttract 828900Chicago Heights: 5.35.3Chicago Heightsparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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)

  • 442Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 4.84%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.8%Peak (2001)
  • 28Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318289002001: 40 filings (6.79/100 renter HHs)2002: 32 filings (5.43/100 renter HHs)2003: 36 filings (6.11/100 renter HHs)2004: 23 filings (3.90/100 renter HHs)2005: 34 filings (6.33/100 renter HHs)2006: 28 filings (5.21/100 renter HHs)2007: 21 filings (3.91/100 renter HHs)2008: 19 filings (3.54/100 renter HHs)2009: 24 filings (4.47/100 renter HHs)2010: 28 filings (4.99/100 renter HHs)2011: 35 filings (4.89/100 renter HHs)2012: 39 filings (5.45/100 renter HHs)2013: 26 filings (3.63/100 renter HHs)2014: 29 filings (4.05/100 renter HHs)2015: 28 filings (3.91/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 30% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Indian Hill. 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 Indian Hill

What moves this score most is housing court bias 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 Chicago eviction risk Heights, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 30.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 19.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031828900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031828900?

Census tract 17031828900 in the Indian Hill neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 17031828900?

Median gross rent is $1,048/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031828900?

30.5% of residents in tract 17031828900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,769.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031828900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 59th, minority 89th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 17031828900 considered part of Indian Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031828900 fall within Indian Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031828900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 442 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031828900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.84% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031828900 struggle to pay rent?

About 30.6% 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. 19.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031828900 compare to Chicago Heights overall?

Tract 17031828900 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Chicago Heights at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chicago eviction risk Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Chicago Heights

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

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