Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Northlake Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031811800 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,542
17031811800 is a census tract in Northlake, IL. It scores 3.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,542 residents. The severe-burden share is 49%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,714
Renter share21.8%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$96,343
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northlake and the region
Centroid at 41.9141, -87.9064 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northlake scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,366 rent vs county FMR
8.4
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 108Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2008)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% 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.
- 16.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.3%Food insecurity
- 13.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 19.7%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northlake
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 76% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $2,366 a month, rents run 111% over what the rest of Northlake commands. It sits 2.7 points below the Cook County average of 6.1.
The voucher gap is 34.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.2/10.
On the high side, supply constraint reads 8.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 108 filings here across 15 tracked years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 19.7% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2008, when 4.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031811800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031811800?
Census tract 17031811800 in Northlake scores 3.4/10 (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 17031811800?
Median gross rent is $2,366/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031811800?
4.9% of residents in tract 17031811800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,542.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031811800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 75th, minority 77th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031811800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 108 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031811800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.19% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031811800 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.7% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031811800 compare to Northlake overall?
Tract 17031811800 scores 3.4/10, lower than 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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