Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Skokie Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031807700 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,151
Census tract 17031807700 runs through Skokie. With 6,151 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
80% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 50% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,229 a month while the average household earns $67,500 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,290
Renter share21.1%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$67,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Skokie and the region
Centroid at 42.0208, -87.7542 · click any tract to drill in
Why Skokie scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,229 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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
- 19%Grade B
- 9%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 261Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2013)
- 18Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% 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.
- 13.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.6%Food insecurity
- 17.2%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Skokie
What moves this score most is 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 about the same as the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031807700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031807700?
Census tract 17031807700 in Skokie scores 4.7/10 (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 17031807700?
Median gross rent is $1,229/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 80% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031807700?
24.6% of residents in tract 17031807700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,151.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031807700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 80th, minority 72th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031807700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 261 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031807700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.59% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031807700 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.3% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031807700 compare to Skokie overall?
Tract 17031807700 scores 4.7/10, right in line with 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 17031807700 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.
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17031807000
4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Skevanston
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17031806900
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17031807400
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17031807300
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
Skevanston
2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17031807600
2.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
Skevanston
2.2
/ 10 · Low
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