Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Prospect Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031803015 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 4,498 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Prospect Heights
Tract 17031803015 sits in Prospect Heights, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.5/10. It is home to 4,498 residents. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%Stable renters 11%Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,014
Renter share23.3%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$103,138
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
33th percentile
#3 of 4 tracts In Prospect Heights
Low
Within county
12th percentile
#1,171 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
24th percentile
#2,496 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
National
31th percentile
#57,812 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Prospect Heights and the region
Centroid at 42.1164, -87.9496 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prospect Heights scores 3.5
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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,302 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
20%Socioeconomic
39%Household composition
35%Racial/ethnic minority
34%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.
8.0%Housing insecurity
4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
9.7%Food insecurity
7.4%SNAP enrollment
5.1%Transit barriers
6.6%No health insurance
12.7%Frequent mental distress
24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Prospect Heights
It sits 2.6 points below the Cook County average of 6.1. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.9/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.4/10.
52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Cook County average of 45.6%. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 130 evictions over 15 years of observation.
Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.4% against 15.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,302, 12% below the Prospect Heights average. Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031803015
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031803015?
Census tract 17031803015 in Prospect Heights scores 3.5/10 (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 average rent in tract 17031803015?
Median gross rent is $1,302/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031803015?
7.4% of residents in tract 17031803015 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,498.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031803015?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 39th, minority 35th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031803015?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 130 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031803015 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.79% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031803015 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031803015 compare to Prospect Heights overall?
Tract 17031803015 scores 3.5/10, 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.