Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Niles Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031806004 · Cook County, IL · pop 8,661 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Niles
Census tract 17031806004 belongs to Niles, Illinois. It is home to 8,661 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
54% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,269 a month against an average household income of $75,704 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units3,112
Renter share47.4%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$75,704
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Niles and the region
Centroid at 42.0473, -87.8358 · click any tract to drill in
Why Niles scores 3.3
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
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,269 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 286Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2009)
- 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.5%Food insecurity
- 13.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 10.7%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Niles
What moves this score most 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 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 riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 286 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2009.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% 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 17031806004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031806004?
Census tract 17031806004 in Niles scores 3.3/10 (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 17031806004?
Median gross rent is $1,269/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031806004?
10.9% of residents in tract 17031806004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,661.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031806004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 69th, minority 66th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031806004?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 286 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031806004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.81% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031806004 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031806004 compare to Niles overall?
Tract 17031806004 scores 3.3/10, 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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