Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Niles Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031806001 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,742 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Niles
17031806001 is a census tract in Niles, IL. It scores 5.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,742 residents. The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,546
Renter share54.5%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate13.2%
Median income$60,694
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Niles and the region
Centroid at 42.0604, -87.8491 · click any tract to drill in
Why Niles scores 5.9
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
13.2% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,293 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 460Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2013)
- 35Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 169% 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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.0%Food insecurity
- 13.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 25.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Niles
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 2.3/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.6/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 460 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 3.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 77th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031806001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031806001?
Census tract 17031806001 in Niles scores 5.9/10 (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 17031806001?
Median gross rent is $1,293/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031806001?
13.2% of residents in tract 17031806001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,742.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031806001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 25th, minority 67th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031806001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 460 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031806001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.48% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031806001 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031806001 compare to Niles overall?
Tract 17031806001 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Niles at 5.2/10. 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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