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Creekside Eviction Risk: Lower , Rolling Meadows

Tract 17031804109 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,138 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Eviction risk in the Creekside neighborhood of Rolling Meadows centers on tract 17031804109, which scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,138 residents. That is riskier than roughly 43% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,165 a month while the average household earns $160,298 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 7% Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,173
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$160,298

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Creekside
Very Low
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Rolling Meadows
Low
Within county
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#1,256 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#2,886 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rolling Meadows and the region

Centroid at 42.0755, -88.0367 · click any tract to drill in

Why Creekside scores 1.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Rolling Meadows
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,165 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rolling Meadows
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rolling Meadows
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rolling Meadows
4.2

How Creekside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Creekside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.51.5This tracttract 804109Rolling Meadows: 4.74.7Rolling Meadowsparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 99Total filings over 14 yrs
  • 1.37%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.3%Peak (2013)
  • 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318041092001: 13 filings (1.12/100 renter HHs)2002: 13 filings (1.12/100 renter HHs)2003: 10 filings (0.86/100 renter HHs)2004: 10 filings (0.86/100 renter HHs)2005: 13 filings (1.18/100 renter HHs)2006: 1 filings (0.09/100 renter HHs)2007: 6 filings (0.55/100 renter HHs)2008: 3 filings (0.27/100 renter HHs)2009: 2 filings (0.18/100 renter HHs)2010: 4 filings (2.08/100 renter HHs)2011: 2 filings (0.90/100 renter HHs)2012: 7 filings (3.17/100 renter HHs)2013: 14 filings (6.33/100 renter HHs)2014: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2015: 1 filings (0.45/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 92% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Creekside. 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 Creekside

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.9/10. 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 Rolling Meadows, 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031804109

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031804109?

Census tract 17031804109 in the Creekside neighborhood scores 1.5/10 (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 17031804109?

Median gross rent is $1,165/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031804109?

2.3% of residents in tract 17031804109 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,138.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031804109?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 60th, minority 35th, housing 38th.
Q5

Is tract 17031804109 considered part of Creekside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031804109 fall within Creekside (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031804109?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 99 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 17031804109 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.37% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031804109 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031804109 compare to Rolling Meadows overall?

Tract 17031804109 scores 1.5/10, lower than the parent city of Rolling Meadows at 4.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rolling Meadows; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Rolling Meadows

Top eight tracts in Rolling Meadows ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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