Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Richton Park Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 17031830007 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,947 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Richton Park
Tract 17031830007 sits in Richton Park, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. It is home to 4,947 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,950
Renter share54.8%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate12.4%
Median income$57,273
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
National
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Richton Park and the region
Centroid at 41.4816, -87.7229 · click any tract to drill in
Why Richton Park scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Richton Park
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
12.4% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,299 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Richton Park
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Richton Park
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Richton Park
6.0
How Richton Park 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.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 871Total filings over 15 yrs
- 15.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 41.4%Peak (2001)
- 42Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 60% 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.
- 22.8%Housing insecurity
- 14.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.6%Food insecurity
- 24.1%SNAP enrollment
- 12.2%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Richton Park
23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Cook County average of 45.6%.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. SNAP participation runs 24.1% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 22.8% against 14.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 871 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2001 at 41.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 16.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 6.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031830007
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031830007?
Census tract 17031830007 in Richton Park scores 7.1/10 (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 17031830007?
Median gross rent is $1,299/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031830007?
12.4% of residents in tract 17031830007 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,947.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031830007?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 77th, minority 94th, housing 57th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031830007?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 871 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031830007 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.99% of renter households, peaking at 41.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031830007 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.8% 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. 14.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031830007 compare to Richton Park overall?
Tract 17031830007 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Richton Park at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Richton Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Richton Park
Top eight tracts in Richton Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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