Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Prospect Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031802605 · Cook County, IL · pop 7,230 · 43% of tract blocks fall in Mount Prospect
In Mount Prospect, census tract 17031802605 scores 5.4/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #38,910 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
47% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,837 a month while the average household earns $115,179 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units3,143
Renter share19.4%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$115,179
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Prospect and the region
Centroid at 42.0971, -87.9129 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Prospect scores 1.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mount Prospect
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,837 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mount Prospect
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mount Prospect
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mount Prospect
4.8
How Mount Prospect 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.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 257Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2003)
- 8Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 60% 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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 5.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 11.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Prospect
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Mount Prospect eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cook County average of 5.7 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 257 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 2.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.1% of renter households in 2003.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031802605
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031802605?
Census tract 17031802605 in Mount Prospect scores 1.5/10 (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 17031802605?
Median gross rent is $1,837/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031802605?
3.3% of residents in tract 17031802605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,230.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031802605?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 17th, minority 40th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031802605?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 257 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031802605 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.79% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031802605 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031802605 compare to Mount Prospect overall?
Tract 17031802605 scores 1.5/10, lower than the parent city of Mount Prospect at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Prospect eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mount Prospect
Top eight tracts in Mount Prospect ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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2.8
/ 10 · Low
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2.7
/ 10 · Low
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2.3
/ 10 · Low
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1.6
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.4
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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