Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Park Arts District Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031814600 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,956 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 17031814600 belongs to the Oak Park Arts District neighborhood of Oak Park, Illinois. It is home to 5,956 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #29,369 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,067 a month while the average household earns $98,420 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,755
Renter share21.5%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$98,420
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8617, -87.7851 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Park Arts District scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,067 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Park
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Park
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Park
6.2
How Oak Park Arts District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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
- 0%Grade B
- 100%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)
- 316Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2013)
- 28Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 180% 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.
- 20.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.1%Food insecurity
- 17.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.7%Transit barriers
- 19.3%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Park Arts District
The score leans hardest on 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 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 17031814600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031814600?
Census tract 17031814600 in the Oak Park Arts District neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 17031814600?
Median gross rent is $1,067/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031814600?
11.8% of residents in tract 17031814600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,956.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031814600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 68th, minority 83th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 17031814600 considered part of Oak Park Arts District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031814600 fall within Oak Park Arts District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031814600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 316 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031814600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.02% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031814600 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.7% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031814600 compare to Oak Park overall?
Tract 17031814600 scores 3.8/10, 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 17031814600 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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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Lavergne
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Lavergne
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Lavergne
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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