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Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally

Skokie Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17031807300 · Cook County, IL · pop 8,095

Tract 17031807300 covers Skokie in Illinois. Home to 8,095 residents, it scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 50% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,489 monthly, set against $83,798 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 25% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units3,023
Renter share43.2%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$83,798

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 13 tracts In Skokie
Elevated
Within county
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#1,051 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#2,060 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
National
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#58,384 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Skokie and the region

Centroid at 42.0338, -87.7549 · click any tract to drill in

Why Skokie scores 3

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
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,489 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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.
Skokie risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 807300Skokie: 4.84.8Skokieparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 410Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 2.57%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.7%Peak (2010)
  • 25Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318073002001: 11 filings (1.01/100 renter HHs)2002: 13 filings (1.20/100 renter HHs)2003: 15 filings (1.38/100 renter HHs)2004: 19 filings (1.75/100 renter HHs)2005: 22 filings (1.96/100 renter HHs)2006: 20 filings (1.78/100 renter HHs)2007: 20 filings (1.78/100 renter HHs)2008: 27 filings (2.40/100 renter HHs)2009: 45 filings (4.01/100 renter HHs)2010: 50 filings (4.67/100 renter HHs)2011: 38 filings (3.74/100 renter HHs)2012: 33 filings (3.25/100 renter HHs)2013: 38 filings (3.74/100 renter HHs)2014: 34 filings (3.35/100 renter HHs)2015: 25 filings (2.46/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 127% 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 Skokie

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Skokie eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cook County average of 5.7 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 410 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 2.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.7% of renter households in 2010.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031807300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031807300?

Census tract 17031807300 in Skokie scores 3/10 (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 17031807300?

Median gross rent is $1,489/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031807300?

6.4% of residents in tract 17031807300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,095.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031807300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 79th, minority 74th, housing 93th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031807300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 410 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031807300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.57% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 17031807300 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.3% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17031807300 compare to Skokie overall?

Tract 17031807300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Skokie at 4.8/10. 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 17031807300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.

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