Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Palos Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031823702 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,805 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Palos Hills
Census tract 17031823702 covers part of Palos Hills, IL, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,805. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,644
Renter share48.0%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$77,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Palos Hills and the region
Centroid at 41.7110, -87.8321 · click any tract to drill in
Why Palos Hills scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Palos Hills
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,264 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Palos Hills
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Palos Hills
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Palos Hills
5.7
How Palos Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 904Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.4%Peak (2004)
- 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 79% 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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Palos Hills
What pushes it up most is local political climate at 7.8/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. It sits 1.4 points below the Cook County average of 6.1.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 904 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 9.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,264, close to the Palos Hills average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $77,500. 48% 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 17031823702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031823702?
Census tract 17031823702 in Palos Hills scores 4.7/10 (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 17031823702?
Median gross rent is $1,264/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031823702?
11.6% of residents in tract 17031823702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,805.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031823702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 80th, minority 44th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031823702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 904 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031823702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.74% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031823702 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031823702 compare to Palos Hills overall?
Tract 17031823702 scores 4.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Palos Hills at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palos Hills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Palos Hills
Top eight tracts in Palos Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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