Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgeland Eviction Risk: Moderate , Oak Park
Tract 17031812100 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,836 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 17031812100 sits in the Ridgeland area of Oak Park eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,673
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$123,393
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Park and the region
Centroid at 41.9025, -87.7799 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgeland scores 4.8
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
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,237 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Ridgeland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 69%Grade B
- 31%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)
- 227Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.5%Peak (2014)
- 24Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 71% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ridgeland. 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.2%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 19.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgeland
Cost burden runs 60% here against 45.6% across Cook County. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.6/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10.
Average gross rent is $1,237, 22% below the Oak Park average. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. The filing record is not thin: 227 evictions over 15 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 10.2% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 8.1% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 8.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 4.0% 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 17031812100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031812100?
Census tract 17031812100 in the Ridgeland neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 17031812100?
Median gross rent is $1,237/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031812100?
6.4% of residents in tract 17031812100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,836.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031812100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 32th, minority 63th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 17031812100 considered part of Ridgeland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031812100 fall within Ridgeland (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031812100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 227 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031812100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.96% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031812100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031812100 compare to Oak Park overall?
Tract 17031812100 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Oak Park at 6.2/10. 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 17031812100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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Pleasant District
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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Ridgeland
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Ridgeland
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
Pleasant District
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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Hemingway District
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Galewood
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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