1 census tracts · pop 3,257 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Old Town South is a one-tract neighborhood of Western Springs, IL and houses 3,257 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. 100% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
100% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Western Springs rate of 23.6%. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10.
Running cool is tenant-organizing strength, at 2.1/10. The filing record is not thin: 17 evictions logged in this tract.
3.1% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 2.8/10.
3.7% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The worst year on record was 2009, when filings touched 25.0% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 4.6% in 2015, is well off that peak. At 1% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Old Town South vs Western SpringsHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority10%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport10%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Old Town South
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
17Total filings (sum)
6.62%Avg annual filing rate
25.0%Peak year (2009)
4.55%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Old Town South
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
5.2%Housing insecurity
3.1%Utility shutoff threat
5.2%Food insecurity
3.7%SNAP enrollment
3.7%No health insurance
18.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Old Town South
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Old Town South?
Old Town South scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Old Town South compare to Western Springs overall?
Old Town South scores 1.0 points lower than Western Springs overall (4/10). Renters spend 100% of income on rent vs 24% citywide.
Q3
What percentage of Old Town South residents are renters?
1% of Old Town South households are renter-occupied (vs 4% in Western Springs). The neighborhood has 3,257 residents.
Q4
Is Old Town South a high social-vulnerability area?
Old Town South sits in the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q5
How safe is Old Town South for landlords?
Old Town South carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Western Springs as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q6
What is the demographic breakdown of Old Town South?
Old Town South has 3,188 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (91.7%), Hispanic / Latino (6.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (1.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
