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Neighborhood · Palos Heights, IL

Brook Lane Eviction Risk: Lower

2 census tracts · pop 8,529 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.1/10 · range 3–3.3

Brook Lane is a 2-tract neighborhood of Palos Heights, IL, population 8,529. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.1/10, placing it in the Lower tier. around a third of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly below the Palos Heights rate of 51.0%.

Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.3/10. 25% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The voucher gap is 20.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.

Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.5/10. At $2,116 a month, rents sit 17% under what the rest of Palos Heights commands. Filings are well documented here: 92 across 2 observed tracts.

Food insecurity affects 8.8% of adults, 9.0 points below the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 14.5% of renter households. Sitting well above the midpoint is supply constraint at 7/10.

Recent filings have not receded much: 9.2% in 2015 against a 14.5% peak. At 6% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

With little internal variation, 3.1/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3.1
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Brook Lane vs Palos Heights How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
32.1% -37%
Palos Heights: 51.0%
Average gross rent
$2,116 -17%
Palos Heights: $2,558
Average HH income
$120,579 +12%
Palos Heights: $107,974
Poverty rate
4.9% -16%
Palos Heights: 5.9%
Renter share
5.8% -12%
Palos Heights: 6.6%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Brook Lane and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3–3.3

Why Brook Lane scores 3.1

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.9–7.8 across tracts
6.8
Rent control risk
32% of income on rent · Range 5.6–5.6 across tracts
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.0–5.2 across tracts
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
6% renter households · Range 2.1–2.9 across tracts
2.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.6–4.8 across tracts
4.7
Economic stress
4.9% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.7 across tracts
1.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 5.1–8.7 across tracts
7.0
Risk score comparison

Brook Lane vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Brook Lane score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.1Brook LaneNeighborhood4.5Parent cityhost city5.1Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Brook Lane

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
17031823904 3.3 3,961 23% $1,783
17031823903 3 4,568 40% $2,404
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 14

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 9%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 42%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 19%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 28%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Brook Lane

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 92Total filings (sum)
  • 5.59%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.5%Peak year (2014)
  • 9.30%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Brook Lane

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Brook Lane

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Brook Lane?

Brook Lane scores 3.1/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Brook Lane compare to Palos Heights overall?

Brook Lane scores 1.4 points lower than Palos Heights overall (4.5/10). Renters spend 32% of income on rent vs 51% citywide. Average rent: $2,116 vs $2,558.
Q3

What is the average rent in Brook Lane?

Average gross rent in Brook Lane is $2,116/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Brook Lane residents are renters?

6% of Brook Lane households are renter-occupied (vs 7% in Palos Heights). The neighborhood has 8,529 residents.
Q5

Is Brook Lane a high social-vulnerability area?

Brook Lane sits in the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Brook Lane have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Brook Lane is census tract 17031823904 (score 3.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.3, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7

How safe is Brook Lane for landlords?

Brook Lane carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.1/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Palos Heights as a whole (4.5/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Brook Lane?

Brook Lane has 8,357 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (90%), Hispanic / Latino (7.6%), Other / Multiracial (1.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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