Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Niles Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031805402 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,907
Niles is where census tract 17031805402 sits, home to 4,907 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.2/10. That is riskier than about 16% of US census tracts.
About 7% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,210 monthly, set against $96,058 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,706
Renter share6.7%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate1.2%
Median income$96,058
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Niles and the region
Centroid at 42.0298, -87.8113 · click any tract to drill in
Why Niles scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Niles
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
1.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,210 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Niles
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Niles
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Niles
6.0
How Niles compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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)
- 83Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2015)
- 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 550% 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 6.5%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Niles
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.6/10. 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 Niles, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Cook County average of 5.7 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 36th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 83 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.7% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031805402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031805402?
Census tract 17031805402 in Niles scores 2.4/10 (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 17031805402?
Median gross rent is $1,210/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 7% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031805402?
1.2% of residents in tract 17031805402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,907.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031805402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 51th, minority 52th, housing 22th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031805402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031805402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.05% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031805402 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031805402 compare to Niles overall?
Tract 17031805402 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Niles at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Niles; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Niles
Top eight tracts in Niles ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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