Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Morton Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031808500 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,334
17031808500 is a census tract in Morton Grove, IL. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,334. It sits 2.9 points below the Cook County average of 6.1.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,454
Renter share4.7%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$133,091
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 42.0472, -87.7736 · 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
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,452 rent vs county FMR
8.9
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: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 26Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.7%Peak (2012)
- 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.8%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 11.9%Frequent mental distress
- 21.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morton Grove
The voucher gap is 39.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The dominant input is supply constraint at 8.9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.1/10.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.4/10. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 26 evictions over 11 years of observation. At $2,452 a month, rents run 13% over what the rest of Morton Grove commands. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 12.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031808500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031808500?
Census tract 17031808500 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 17031808500?
Median gross rent is $2,452/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031808500?
4.4% of residents in tract 17031808500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,334.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031808500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 63th, minority 53th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031808500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17031808500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.65% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031808500 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031808500 compare to Morton Grove overall?
Tract 17031808500 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.
Q8
Was tract 17031808500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Morton Grove
Top eight tracts in Morton Grove ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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