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Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Northlake Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17031811702 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,516 · 31% of tract blocks fall in Northlake

With a score of 4.8/10, tract 17031811702 in Northlake, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.2/10.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 19% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,020
Renter share31.2%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$71,514

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Northlake
Elevated
Within county
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#1,046 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#1,685 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
National
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#35,669 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Northlake and the region

Centroid at 41.9264, -87.9046 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northlake scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Northlake
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,092 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northlake
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northlake
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northlake
5.8

How Northlake compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Northlake risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.84.8This tracttract 811702Northlake: 4.64.6Northlakeparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 337Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 4.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.6%Peak (2011)
  • 24Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318117022001: 24 filings (4.07/100 renter HHs)2002: 22 filings (3.74/100 renter HHs)2003: 9 filings (1.53/100 renter HHs)2004: 25 filings (4.24/100 renter HHs)2005: 18 filings (3.14/100 renter HHs)2006: 12 filings (2.09/100 renter HHs)2007: 15 filings (2.61/100 renter HHs)2008: 25 filings (4.36/100 renter HHs)2009: 25 filings (4.36/100 renter HHs)2010: 25 filings (4.95/100 renter HHs)2011: 31 filings (6.60/100 renter HHs)2012: 30 filings (6.38/100 renter HHs)2013: 23 filings (4.89/100 renter HHs)2014: 29 filings (6.17/100 renter HHs)2015: 24 filings (5.11/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Northlake

Cost burden runs 39% here against 45.6% across Cook County. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.

Adults with no health insurance runs 22.0% against 11.3% nationally. 12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Court records carry 337 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.9/10.

Housing insecurity runs 22.1% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2011 at 6.6% of renter households.

In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031811702

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031811702?

Census tract 17031811702 in Northlake scores 4.8/10 (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 17031811702?

Median gross rent is $1,092/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031811702?

11.4% of residents in tract 17031811702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,516.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031811702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 93th, minority 78th, housing 74th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031811702?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 337 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031811702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.28% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 17031811702 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.1% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17031811702 compare to Northlake overall?

Tract 17031811702 scores 4.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Northlake at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northlake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Northlake

Top eight tracts in Northlake ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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