Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Lavergne Eviction Risk: Elevated , Berwyn
Tract 17031815400 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 5,318 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 6.2/10, tract 17031815400 in the Lavergne area of Berwyn, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 62% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%Stable renters 19%Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,447
Renter share48.8%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$72,526
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
83th percentile
#2 of 7 tracts In Lavergne
High
Within parent city
56th percentile
#5 of 10 tracts In Berwyn
Elevated
Within county
49th percentile
#685 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Moderate
Within state
75th percentile
#802 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Berwyn and the region
Centroid at 41.8314, -87.7962 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lavergne scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Berwyn
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,125 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Berwyn
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Berwyn
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Berwyn
6.2
How Lavergne compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
44%Socioeconomic
70%Household composition
64%Racial/ethnic minority
44%Housing & transportation
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.
0%Grade A
22%Grade B
73%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined
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)
478Total filings over 15 yrs
3.31%Avg annual filing rate
4.8%Peak (2012)
33Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
16.7%Housing insecurity
9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
20.1%Food insecurity
16.6%SNAP enrollment
9.5%Transit barriers
14.4%No health insurance
15.2%Frequent mental distress
28.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lavergne
32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.4/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10. Court records carry 478 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 4.8% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #17,132 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely. Average gross rent is $1,125, close to the Berwyn average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $72,526.
49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031815400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031815400?
Census tract 17031815400 in the Lavergne neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 17031815400?
Median gross rent is $1,125/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031815400?
10.1% of residents in tract 17031815400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,318.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031815400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 70th, minority 64th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 17031815400 considered part of Lavergne?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031815400 fall within Lavergne (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031815400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 478 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031815400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.31% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031815400 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031815400 compare to Berwyn overall?
Tract 17031815400 scores 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Berwyn at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Berwyn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031815400 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. 0% 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 Berwyn
Top eight tracts in Berwyn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.