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Census Tract · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Richton Park Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 17031830201 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,822 · 65% of tract blocks fall in Richton Park

17031830201 is a census tract in Richton Park, IL. It scores 7/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,822 residents. Cost burden runs 64% here against 45.6% across Cook County.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 27% Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units2,241
Renter share74.4%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$51,748

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Richton Park
Moderate
Within county
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#519 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#578 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
National
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#12,919 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Richton Park and the region

Centroid at 41.4834, -87.7086 · click any tract to drill in

Why Richton Park scores 7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,324 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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.
Richton Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 830201Richton Park: 6.46.4Richton Parkparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,443Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 8.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.1%Peak (2009)
  • 82Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318302012001: 46 filings (3.96/100 renter HHs)2002: 47 filings (4.04/100 renter HHs)2003: 59 filings (5.07/100 renter HHs)2004: 107 filings (9.20/100 renter HHs)2005: 130 filings (13.21/100 renter HHs)2006: 77 filings (7.83/100 renter HHs)2007: 120 filings (12.20/100 renter HHs)2008: 112 filings (11.38/100 renter HHs)2009: 139 filings (14.13/100 renter HHs)2010: 135 filings (10.49/100 renter HHs)2011: 98 filings (7.30/100 renter HHs)2012: 96 filings (7.15/100 renter HHs)2013: 105 filings (7.82/100 renter HHs)2014: 90 filings (6.70/100 renter HHs)2015: 82 filings (6.11/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 78% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Richton Park

Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

74% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.

Food insecurity runs 28.2% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 24.3% against 14.2% nationally. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.5/10.

Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,443 filings here across 15 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2009, when 14.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 8.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 7.9/10 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 17031830201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031830201?

Census tract 17031830201 in Richton Park scores 7/10 (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 17031830201?

Median gross rent is $1,324/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031830201?

10.1% of residents in tract 17031830201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,822.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031830201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 81th, minority 92th, housing 31th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031830201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,443 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031830201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.44% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 17031830201 struggle to pay rent?

About 24.3% 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. 15.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17031830201 compare to Richton Park overall?

Tract 17031830201 scores 7/10, 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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