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Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Northlake Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17031816700 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,810 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Northlake

Tract 17031816700 sits in Northlake, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. Population here is 2,810. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 24% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units985
Renter share40.0%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$66,186

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Northlake
Very High
Within county
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#1,025 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#1,600 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,842 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Northlake and the region

Centroid at 41.9046, -87.8964 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northlake scores 5

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
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$972 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 5.05.0This tracttract 816700Northlake: 4.64.6Northlakeparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 168Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 4.48%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.4%Peak (2009)
  • 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318167002001: 13 filings (4.71/100 renter HHs)2002: 11 filings (3.99/100 renter HHs)2003: 13 filings (4.71/100 renter HHs)2004: 12 filings (4.35/100 renter HHs)2005: 7 filings (3.89/100 renter HHs)2006: 7 filings (3.89/100 renter HHs)2007: 6 filings (3.33/100 renter HHs)2008: 11 filings (6.11/100 renter HHs)2009: 17 filings (9.44/100 renter HHs)2010: 6 filings (1.99/100 renter HHs)2011: 14 filings (4.47/100 renter HHs)2012: 17 filings (5.43/100 renter HHs)2013: 13 filings (4.15/100 renter HHs)2014: 9 filings (2.88/100 renter HHs)2015: 12 filings (3.83/100 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

Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 30.1% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.

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 1.1 points.

Housing insecurity runs 23.6% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 168 filings here across 15 tracked years. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10.

At $972 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Northlake commands. The worst year on record was 2009, when 9.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031816700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031816700?

Census tract 17031816700 in Northlake scores 5/10 (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 17031816700?

Median gross rent is $972/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031816700?

12.7% of residents in tract 17031816700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,810.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031816700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 85th, minority 87th, housing 76th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031816700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 168 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031816700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.48% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 17031816700 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.6% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17031816700 compare to Northlake overall?

Tract 17031816700 scores 5/10, higher 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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