Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Prospect Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031805001 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 4,966
Census tract 17031805001 covers part of Mount Prospect, IL, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,966. Cost burden runs 28% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%Stable renters 4%Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,880
Renter share5.4%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate1.4%
Median income$138,705
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
38th percentile
#6 of 9 tracts In Mount Prospect
Low
Within county
8th percentile
#1,219 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
17th percentile
#2,708 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
National
25th percentile
#63,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Prospect and the region
Centroid at 42.0564, -87.9513 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Prospect scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
1.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,972 rent vs county FMR
6.2
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: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
11%Socioeconomic
29%Household composition
16%Racial/ethnic minority
9%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)
40Total filings over 14 yrs
2.57%Avg annual filing rate
3.4%Peak (2014)
2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
7.1%Housing insecurity
4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
8.2%Food insecurity
6.2%SNAP enrollment
4.6%Transit barriers
5.4%No health insurance
12.7%Frequent mental distress
22.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Prospect
It sits 2.9 points below the Cook County average of 6.1. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,972, 31% above the Mount Prospect average.
The severe-burden share is 22%, 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. SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 40 evictions over 14 years of observation. 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 2014 at 3.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 1.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031805001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031805001?
Census tract 17031805001 in Mount Prospect 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 17031805001?
Median gross rent is $1,972/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031805001?
1.4% of residents in tract 17031805001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,966.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031805001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 29th, minority 16th, housing 9th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031805001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 17031805001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.57% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031805001 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031805001 compare to Mount Prospect overall?
Tract 17031805001 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Mount Prospect at 4.6/10. 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.