Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Niles Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031806006 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,417 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Niles
How risky is Niles for landlords? Census tract 17031806006 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,479 a month while the average household earns $64,015 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
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 county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Niles and the region
Centroid at 42.0506, -87.8502 · click any tract to drill in
Why Niles scores 3.7
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
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.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
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.
- 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
The score leans hardest on 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 above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031806006
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031806006?
Census tract 17031806006 in Niles scores 3.7/10 (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 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 3.7/10, 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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