Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Des Plaines Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031806201 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,130
Tract 17031806201 sits in Des Plaines eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. Population here is 5,130. Cost burden runs 21% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,316
Renter share28.1%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$75,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
40
th percentile
Low
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Plaines and the region
Centroid at 42.0454, -87.8898 · click any tract to drill in
Why Des Plaines scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Des Plaines
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,713 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Des Plaines
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Des Plaines
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Des Plaines
4.1
How Des Plaines compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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
- 2.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.4%Peak (2009)
- 18Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 38% 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.5%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Des Plaines
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.8 points. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.3/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 257 eviction filings across 15 observed years. The worst year on record was 2009, when 6.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.8/10.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,713, close to the Des Plaines average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $75,563.
28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031806201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031806201?
Census tract 17031806201 in Des Plaines scores 4.3/10 (Moderate 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 17031806201?
Median gross rent is $1,713/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031806201?
9.4% of residents in tract 17031806201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,130.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031806201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 41th, minority 60th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031806201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 257 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031806201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.83% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031806201 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031806201 compare to Des Plaines overall?
Tract 17031806201 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Des Plaines at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Des Plaines eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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