Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Morton Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031805301 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,179 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Morton Grove
Census tract 17031805301 covers part of Morton Grove, IL, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,179. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,098
Renter share19.7%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$129,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Morton Grove and the region
Centroid at 42.0450, -87.8197 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morton Grove scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Morton Grove
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,270 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Morton Grove
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Morton Grove
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Morton Grove
6.4
How Morton Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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)
- 44Total filings over 14 yrs
- 2.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.9%Peak (2010)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.7%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 12.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morton Grove
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.9 points. Average gross rent is $1,270, 41% below the Morton Grove average. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Court records carry 44 eviction filings across 14 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 3.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10.
Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $129,063, 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 17031805301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031805301?
Census tract 17031805301 in Morton Grove scores 3.2/10 (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 17031805301?
Median gross rent is $1,270/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031805301?
3.1% of residents in tract 17031805301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,179.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031805301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 69th, minority 68th, housing 14th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031805301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 44 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 17031805301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.35% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031805301 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031805301 compare to Morton Grove overall?
Tract 17031805301 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Morton Grove at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Morton Grove; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Morton Grove
Top eight tracts in Morton Grove ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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