Neighborhood · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Field Park Eviction Risk: Lower , La Grange Park
Tract 17031819000 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 4,589 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 17031819000, home to 4,589 residents in the Field Park neighborhood of La Grange Park, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 58th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 70% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,750 monthly, set against $185,721 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%Stable renters 4%Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,463
Renter share13.2%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$185,721
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 2 tracts In Field Park
Very High
Within parent city
0th percentile
#3 of 3 tracts In La Grange Park
Very Low
Within county
1th percentile
#1,317 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
7th percentile
#3,034 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across La Grange Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8259, -87.8950 · click any tract to drill in
Why Field Park scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from La Grange Park
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,750 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from La Grange Park
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from La Grange Park
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from La Grange Park
4.7
How Field Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
4%Socioeconomic
56%Household composition
23%Racial/ethnic minority
43%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)
8Total filings over 6 yrs
0.49%Avg annual filing rate
0.8%Peak (2007)
2Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings dropped 100% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Field Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
5.6%Housing insecurity
3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
5.8%Food insecurity
4.2%SNAP enrollment
3.6%Transit barriers
4.2%No health insurance
11.7%Frequent mental distress
20.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Field Park
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.6/10. 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 La Grange Park, 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 in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 19th 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 17031819000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031819000?
Census tract 17031819000 in the Field Park neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (Lower 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 17031819000?
Median gross rent is $1,750/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031819000?
2.0% of residents in tract 17031819000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,589.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031819000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 56th, minority 23th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 17031819000 considered part of Field Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031819000 fall within Field Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031819000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 17031819000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.49% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031819000 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.6% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031819000 compare to La Grange Park overall?
Tract 17031819000 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of La Grange Park at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from La Grange Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in La Grange Park
Top eight tracts in La Grange Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.