Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgewood Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Western Springs
Tract 17031820101 · Cook County, IL · pop 7,998 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 17031820101 covers part of the Ridgewood Park area of Western Springs, IL, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,998 residents. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 3.1 points.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units3,263
Renter share5.9%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$139,018
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
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 41.7762, -87.9034 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgewood Park 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
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,734 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Ridgewood Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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)
- 94Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2008)
- 4Filings 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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 11.5%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgewood Park
Cost burden runs 28% here against 45.6% across Cook County. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.1/10.
15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Food insecurity runs 7.2% against 17.8% nationally.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 94 evictions over 15 years of observation. At $1,734 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Western Springs commands.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2008 at 7.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 6% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031820101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031820101?
Census tract 17031820101 in the Ridgewood Park 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 average rent in tract 17031820101?
Median gross rent is $1,734/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031820101?
3.7% of residents in tract 17031820101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,998.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031820101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 71th, minority 26th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 17031820101 considered part of Ridgewood Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031820101 fall within Ridgewood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031820101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 94 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031820101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.47% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031820101 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031820101 compare to Western Springs overall?
Tract 17031820101 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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