Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Prospect Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031802609 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,414
Census tract 17031802609 covers part of Prospect Heights, IL, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,414 residents. Cost burden runs 30% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,725
Renter share58.0%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$69,446
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Prospect Heights and the region
Centroid at 42.1054, -87.8997 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prospect Heights scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,423 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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)
- 500Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.7%Peak (2009)
- 15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% 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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.0%Food insecurity
- 14.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 15.5%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 24.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Prospect Heights
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.9/10. It sits 1.7 points below the Cook County average of 6.1.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.6/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 500 evictions over 15 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2009 at 12.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 49% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,423, close to the Prospect Heights average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $69,446.
58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031802609
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031802609?
Census tract 17031802609 in Prospect Heights scores 4.4/10 (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 17031802609?
Median gross rent is $1,423/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031802609?
7.4% of residents in tract 17031802609 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,414.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031802609?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 36th, minority 71th, housing 49th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031802609?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 500 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031802609 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.79% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031802609 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031802609 compare to Prospect Heights overall?
Tract 17031802609 scores 4.4/10, right in line with 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.
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