Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Morton Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031805302 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,896
With a score of 3.2/10, tract 17031805302 in Morton Grove, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,896. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.9 points.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,374
Renter share3.3%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$109,122
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 42.0498, -87.8134 · 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
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,500 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 33Total filings over 13 yrs
- 6.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.3%Peak (2011)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 7.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 23.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morton Grove
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,500, 31% below the Morton Grove average.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened. The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions over 13 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. Filings peaked in 2011 at 13.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 6.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031805302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031805302?
Census tract 17031805302 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 17031805302?
Median gross rent is $1,500/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031805302?
2.1% of residents in tract 17031805302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,896.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031805302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 39th, minority 56th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031805302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 17031805302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.79% of renter households, peaking at 13.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031805302 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031805302 compare to Morton Grove overall?
Tract 17031805302 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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