Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Niles Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031806006 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 4,417 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Niles
17031806006 is a census tract in Niles, IL. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,417 residents. Severe burden reaches 46%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%Stable renters 13%Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,706
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$64,015
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
67th percentile
#3 of 7 tracts In Niles
Elevated
Within county
40th percentile
#806 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
67th percentile
#1,067 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
National
74th percentile
#21,564 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Niles and the region
Centroid at 42.0506, -87.8502 · click any tract to drill in
Why Niles scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,479 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
11.4%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
17.4%Food insecurity
12.6%SNAP enrollment
7.5%Transit barriers
9.8%No health insurance
13.2%Frequent mental distress
28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Niles
57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Cook County average of 45.6%. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 7.6/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 3/10. Average gross rent is $1,479, 11% above the Niles average. On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $64,015.
30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031806006
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031806006?
Census tract 17031806006 in Niles scores 5.7/10 (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 17031806006?
Median gross rent is $1,479/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031806006?
12.0% of residents in tract 17031806006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,417.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031806006?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 93th, minority 65th, housing 65th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17031806006 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17031806006 compare to Niles overall?
Tract 17031806006 scores 5.7/10, 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.