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Hemingway District Eviction Risk: Lower , Oak Park

Tract 17031812301 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,184 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Eviction risk in the Hemingway District neighborhood of Oak Park centers on tract 17031812301, which scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,184 residents. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,364 monthly, set against $93,190 in average yearly household income, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 68% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 39% Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units3,286
Renter share68.3%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$93,190

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Hemingway District
Very High
Within parent city
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#6 of 14 tracts In Oak Park
Elevated
Within county
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#1,105 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#2,260 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oak Park and the region

Centroid at 41.8891, -87.7985 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hemingway District scores 2.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Oak Park
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$2,364 rent vs county FMR
8.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Park
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Park
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Park
4.6

How Hemingway District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hemingway District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.62.6This tracttract 812301Oak Park: 4.84.8Oak Parkparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 593Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 3.84%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.2%Peak (2011)
  • 30Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318123012001: 29 filings (3.03/100 renter HHs)2002: 42 filings (4.39/100 renter HHs)2003: 33 filings (3.45/100 renter HHs)2004: 34 filings (3.55/100 renter HHs)2005: 30 filings (3.27/100 renter HHs)2006: 25 filings (2.73/100 renter HHs)2007: 39 filings (4.25/100 renter HHs)2008: 35 filings (3.82/100 renter HHs)2009: 50 filings (5.45/100 renter HHs)2010: 58 filings (4.56/100 renter HHs)2011: 59 filings (5.16/100 renter HHs)2012: 38 filings (3.32/100 renter HHs)2013: 36 filings (3.15/100 renter HHs)2014: 55 filings (4.81/100 renter HHs)2015: 30 filings (2.62/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hemingway District. 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 Hemingway District

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 8.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Oak Park eviction risk, 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 in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 593 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 3.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.2% of renter households in 2011.

Part of this tract, about 1% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031812301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031812301?

Census tract 17031812301 in the Hemingway District neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 17031812301?

Median gross rent is $2,364/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031812301?

5.5% of residents in tract 17031812301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,184.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031812301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 48th, minority 60th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 17031812301 considered part of Hemingway District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031812301 fall within Hemingway District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031812301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 593 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031812301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.84% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031812301 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.9% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031812301 compare to Oak Park overall?

Tract 17031812301 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Oak Park at 4.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oak Park eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 17031812301 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Oak Park

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

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