Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Worth Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 17031823102 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,771 · 87% of tract blocks fall in Worth
17031823102 is a census tract in Worth, IL. It scores 7.9/10 for landlords. 47% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,518
Renter share37.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate30.2%
Median income$57,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
National
90
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worth and the region
Centroid at 41.6857, -87.7793 · click any tract to drill in
Why Worth scores 7.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Worth
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
30.2% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,333 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Worth
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Worth
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Worth
8.0
How Worth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 259Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.2%Peak (2001)
- 23Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 23% over the past 15 months.
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.
- 17.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.5%Food insecurity
- 23.1%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 12.9%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Worth
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.8 points above the Cook County average of 6.1.
The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The score leans hardest on housing-court posture at 8/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 259 filings here across 15 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 23.1% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,333 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Worth commands. The worst year on record was 2001, when 7.2% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031823102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031823102?
Census tract 17031823102 in Worth scores 7.9/10 (Elevated 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 17031823102?
Median gross rent is $1,333/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031823102?
30.2% of residents in tract 17031823102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,771.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031823102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 95th, minority 50th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031823102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 259 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031823102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.72% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031823102 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.6% 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. 10.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031823102 compare to Worth overall?
Tract 17031823102 scores 7.9/10, higher than the parent city of Worth at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Worth; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 17031823102 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 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 Worth
Top eight tracts in Worth ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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