3 census tracts · pop 15,501 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.1/10
· range 3.2–5.8
Forest River takes in 3 census tracts of Mount Prospect, IL and houses 15,501 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.1/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a Mount Prospect baseline of 30.3%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Average gross rent is $989, 34% below the Mount Prospect average of $1,502. The severe-burden share is 27%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.2 to 5.8, a 2.6-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.8/10.
Filings are well documented here: 888 across 3 observed tracts. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.9/10. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 10.1% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 3.0% in 2015, is well off that peak. Rent takes 12% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.6 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Forest River vs Mount ProspectHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport55%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Forest River
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
888Total filings (sum)
4.14%Avg annual filing rate
10.1%Peak year (2014)
2.69%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Forest River
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.8%Housing insecurity
6.1%Utility shutoff threat
14.1%Food insecurity
11.3%SNAP enrollment
8.7%No health insurance
25.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Forest River
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Forest River?
Forest River scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Forest River compare to Mount Prospect overall?
Forest River scores 0.5 points lower than Mount Prospect overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $989 vs $1,502.
Q3
What is the average rent in Forest River?
Average gross rent in Forest River is $989/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Forest River residents are renters?
30% of Forest River households are renter-occupied (vs 31% in Mount Prospect). The neighborhood has 15,501 residents.
Q5
Is Forest River a high social-vulnerability area?
Forest River sits in the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Forest River have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Forest River is census tract 17031806104 (score 5.8/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.2 to 5.8, a spread of 2.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Forest River for landlords?
Forest River carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.1/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Mount Prospect as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Forest River?
Forest River has 15,650 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (22.6%), Hispanic / Latino (14.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
