Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Baldwin Eviction Risk: Moderate , Palatine
Tract 17031803608 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 8,110 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 17031803608 sits in the Baldwin area of Palatine eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. Population here is 8,110. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%Stable renters 25%Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units3,298
Renter share49.8%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$126,574
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#2 of 3 tracts In Baldwin
Moderate
Within parent city
46th percentile
#8 of 14 tracts In Palatine
Moderate
Within county
22th percentile
#1,033 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
50th percentile
#1,648 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Palatine and the region
Centroid at 42.1441, -88.0735 · click any tract to drill in
Why Baldwin scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Palatine
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,813 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Palatine
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Palatine
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Palatine
5.9
How Baldwin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
57%Socioeconomic
50%Household composition
41%Racial/ethnic minority
17%Housing & transportation
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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
11.4%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
13.8%Food insecurity
11.2%SNAP enrollment
6.9%Transit barriers
8.5%No health insurance
14.6%Frequent mental distress
23.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Baldwin
The score leans hardest on regional political climate at 7.5/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Cook County average of 6.1. Average gross rent is $1,813, 17% above the Palatine average.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10. The filing record is not thin: 816 evictions over 15 years of observation.
50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Cook County average of 45.6%. Filings peaked in 2003 at 6.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Palatine eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract.
Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $126,574, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 50% 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 17031803608
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031803608?
Census tract 17031803608 in the Baldwin neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 17031803608?
Median gross rent is $1,813/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031803608?
13.9% of residents in tract 17031803608 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,110.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031803608?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 50th, minority 41th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 17031803608 considered part of Baldwin?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031803608 fall within Baldwin (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031803608?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 816 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031803608 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.64% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031803608 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031803608 compare to Palatine overall?
Tract 17031803608 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Palatine at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palatine eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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