Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Palos Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031823604 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,281 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Palos Heights
17031823604 is a census tract in Palos Heights, IL. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 3.0 points.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,233
Renter share1.8%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$114,886
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Palos Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.6579, -87.7884 · click any tract to drill in
Why Palos Heights scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Palos Heights
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Palos Heights
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Palos Heights
2.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Palos Heights
4.6
How Palos Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 65Total filings over 14 yrs
- 15.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 50.0%Peak (2008)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.1%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Palos Heights
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.6/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.1/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10.
Court records carry 65 eviction filings across 14 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2008, when 50.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 15.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 22nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 2% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 1.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031823604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031823604?
Census tract 17031823604 in Palos Heights scores 3.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 17031823604?
6.3% of residents in tract 17031823604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,281.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031823604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 28th, minority 25th, housing 1th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031823604?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 65 eviction filings across 14 validated years in tract 17031823604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.88% of renter households, peaking at 50.0% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17031823604 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17031823604 compare to Palos Heights overall?
Tract 17031823604 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Palos Heights at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palos Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Palos Heights
Top eight tracts in Palos Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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