Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Matteson Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031830006 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,644 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Matteson
Census tract 17031830006 covers part of Matteson, IL, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. about one in five of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,182
Renter share39.7%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$60,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Matteson and the region
Centroid at 41.5005, -87.7263 · click any tract to drill in
Why Matteson scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Matteson
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$421 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Matteson
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Matteson
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Matteson
4.8
How Matteson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 286Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2014)
- 25Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 32% 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.
- 20.8%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.5%Food insecurity
- 23.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.6%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Matteson
Average gross rent is $421, 73% below the Matteson average. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 286 filings here across 15 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 23.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 9.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 8% of average household income of $60,000, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031830006
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031830006?
Census tract 17031830006 in Matteson scores 5/10 (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 17031830006?
Median gross rent is $421/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031830006?
11.2% of residents in tract 17031830006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,644.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031830006?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 48th, minority 85th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031830006?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 286 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031830006 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.78% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031830006 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.8% 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. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031830006 compare to Matteson overall?
Tract 17031830006 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Matteson at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Matteson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Matteson
Top eight tracts in Matteson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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