Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Skokie Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031806900 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 5,524
17031806900 is a census tract in Skokie, IL. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%Stable renters 14%Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,213
Renter share29.8%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$74,036
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
75th percentile
#4 of 13 tracts In Skokie
High
Within county
24th percentile
#1,015 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
52th percentile
#1,560 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
National
63th percentile
#31,049 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Skokie and the region
Centroid at 42.0568, -87.7557 · click any tract to drill in
Why Skokie scores 5.1
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
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,768 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Skokie compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
56%Socioeconomic
85%Household composition
71%Racial/ethnic minority
73%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
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.
9.4%Housing insecurity
5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
13.0%Food insecurity
9.6%SNAP enrollment
6.0%Transit barriers
7.5%No health insurance
12.1%Frequent mental distress
25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Skokie
What pushes it up most is regional political climate at 7.5/10. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.8/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 163 filings here across 13 tracked years.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.1/10. At $1,768 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Skokie commands.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 6.0% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $74,036. 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031806900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031806900?
Census tract 17031806900 in Skokie scores 5.1/10 (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 17031806900?
Median gross rent is $1,768/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031806900?
11.0% of residents in tract 17031806900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,524.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031806900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 85th, minority 71th, housing 73th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031806900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 17031806900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.59% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031806900 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031806900 compare to Skokie overall?
Tract 17031806900 scores 5.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Skokie at 5/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 17031806900 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.