Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Prospect Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031802607 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 1,217 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Prospect Heights
17031802607 is a census tract in Prospect Heights, IL. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.9 points.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%Stable renters 2%Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units433
Renter share3.2%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$132,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0th percentile
#4 of 4 tracts In Prospect Heights
Very Low
Within county
9th percentile
#1,209 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
17th percentile
#2,708 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
National
25th percentile
#63,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Prospect Heights and the region
Centroid at 42.0980, -87.9331 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prospect Heights scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Prospect Heights
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Prospect Heights
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Prospect Heights
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Prospect Heights
3.2
How Prospect Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
18%Socioeconomic
12%Household composition
22%Racial/ethnic minority
4%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
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
7.2%Housing insecurity
4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
8.1%Food insecurity
6.1%SNAP enrollment
4.6%Transit barriers
5.4%No health insurance
13.2%Frequent mental distress
22.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Prospect Heights
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.6/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.1% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 19 filings here across 9 tracked years.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2012 at 8.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 3% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.4/10.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031802607
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031802607?
Census tract 17031802607 in Prospect Heights scores 3.2/10 (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 17031802607?
2.9% of residents in tract 17031802607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,217.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031802607?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 12th, minority 22th, housing 4th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031802607?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 17031802607 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.66% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17031802607 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17031802607 compare to Prospect Heights overall?
Tract 17031802607 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Prospect Heights at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Prospect Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Prospect Heights
Top eight tracts in Prospect Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.