Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Old Town South Eviction Risk: Lower , Western Springs
Tract 17031819900 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,257 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 17031819900 in the Old Town South area of Western Springs, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,257. The severe-burden share is 100%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,035
Renter share0.7%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$235,402
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Western Springs and the region
Centroid at 41.8042, -87.9072 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old Town South scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Western Springs
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Western Springs
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Western Springs
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Western Springs
2.8
How Old Town South compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 17Total filings over 11 yrs
- 6.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.0%Peak (2009)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 15 months.
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.
- 5.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.2%Food insecurity
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 3.7%No health insurance
- 11.4%Frequent mental distress
- 18.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old Town South
Cost burden runs 100% here against 45.6% across Cook County. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 3.1 points. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.1/10. Disability prevalence runs 18.2% against 31.5% nationally.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 17 eviction filings across 11 observed years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.7% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2009, when 25.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 1% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031819900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031819900?
Census tract 17031819900 in the Old Town South neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 17031819900?
1.5% of residents in tract 17031819900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,257.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031819900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 5th, minority 10th, housing 10th.
Q4
Is tract 17031819900 considered part of Old Town South?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031819900 fall within Old Town South (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031819900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17031819900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.62% of renter households, peaking at 25.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031819900 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.2% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031819900 compare to Western Springs overall?
Tract 17031819900 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Western Springs at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Western Springs; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Western Springs
Top eight tracts in Western Springs ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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