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Neighborhood · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally

Oak Park Arts District Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17031813100 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,729 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

How risky is Oak Park Arts District in Oak Park for landlords? Census tract 17031813100 scores 4.7/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #59,580 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,313 monthly, set against $119,583 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 23% Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,836
Renter share32.2%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$119,583

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Oak Park Arts District
Moderate
Within parent city
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 14 tracts In Oak Park
Low
Within county
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#1,187 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#2,592 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Oak Park and the region

Centroid at 41.8690, -87.7816 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oak Park Arts District scores 2

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
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,313 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Oak Park Arts District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oak Park Arts District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.02.0This tracttract 813100Oak Park: 4.84.8Oak Parkparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

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)

  • 380Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 3.36%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.2%Peak (2012)
  • 16Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318131002001: 31 filings (3.87/100 renter HHs)2002: 33 filings (4.11/100 renter HHs)2003: 26 filings (3.24/100 renter HHs)2004: 27 filings (3.37/100 renter HHs)2005: 18 filings (2.24/100 renter HHs)2006: 17 filings (2.11/100 renter HHs)2007: 26 filings (3.23/100 renter HHs)2008: 13 filings (1.62/100 renter HHs)2009: 22 filings (2.74/100 renter HHs)2010: 22 filings (2.99/100 renter HHs)2011: 29 filings (4.17/100 renter HHs)2012: 36 filings (5.17/100 renter HHs)2013: 36 filings (5.17/100 renter HHs)2014: 28 filings (4.02/100 renter HHs)2015: 16 filings (2.30/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 48% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Oak Park Arts 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 Oak Park Arts District

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below the Cook County average of 5.7 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 380 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 3.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.2% of renter households in 2012.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031813100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031813100?

Census tract 17031813100 in the Oak Park Arts District neighborhood scores 2/10 (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 17031813100?

Median gross rent is $1,313/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031813100?

3.7% of residents in tract 17031813100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,729.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031813100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 76th, minority 70th, housing 22th.
Q5

Is tract 17031813100 considered part of Oak Park Arts District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031813100 fall within Oak Park Arts District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031813100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 380 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031813100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.36% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031813100 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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. 6.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031813100 compare to Oak Park overall?

Tract 17031813100 scores 2/10, 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 17031813100 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 Oak Park

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

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