Neighborhood · Ranked #25,210 of 84,120 nationally

Skevanston Eviction Risk: Moderate , Skokie

Tract 17031806801 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,334 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Census tract 17031806801 sits in the Skevanston neighborhood of Skokie, Illinois. It has a population of 4,334 and an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). 53% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 27% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,596/month against a median household income of $76,726 — roughly 25% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

5.8

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 12% Owners 75%

Tract context

Occupied units1,651

Renter share24.5%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate14.4%

Median income$76,726

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Skokie and the region

Centroid at 42.0564, -87.7395 · click any tract to drill in

Why Skevanston scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Skokie

6.6

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.5

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

14.4% poverty · this tract

3.6

Supply constraint

$1,596 rent vs county FMR

4.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Skokie

7.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

4.8

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Skokie

5.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from Skokie

6.1

How Skevanston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

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

50%Socioeconomic
86%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
87%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B — Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org) — 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

171Total filings over 15 yrs
3.64%Avg annual filing rate
6.5%Peak (2012)
9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 — 2015

Filings dropped 47% over the past 15 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Skevanston. 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.

9.4%Housing insecurity
5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
13.1%Food insecurity
9.9%SNAP enrollment
6.2%Transit barriers
7.4%No health insurance
12.3%Frequent mental distress
27.0%Any disability

Frequently asked

About tract 17031806801

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031806801?

Census tract 17031806801 in the Skevanston neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17031806801?

Median gross rent is $1,596/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031806801?

14.4% of residents in tract 17031806801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,334.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031806801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 86th, minority 57th, housing 87th.

Is tract 17031806801 considered part of Skevanston?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031806801 fall within Skevanston (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031806801?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 171 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031806801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.64% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 17031806801 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.4% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17031806801 compare to Skokie overall?

Tract 17031806801 scores 5.8/10 — right in line with the parent city of Skokie at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Skokie eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17031806801 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Skokie

Top eight tracts in Skokie ranked by composite eviction-risk score.