Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
North Northfield Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wheeling
Tract 17031802506 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,517 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 17031802506 sits in the North Northfield area of Wheeling eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. It is home to 2,517 residents. 29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units796
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$83,971
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
40
th percentile
Low
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wheeling and the region
Centroid at 42.1300, -87.8978 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Northfield scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wheeling
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,482 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wheeling
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wheeling
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wheeling
4.7
How North Northfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%Housing & transportation
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)
- 115Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2013)
- 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 175% over the past 15 months.
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.
- 17.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.7%Food insecurity
- 15.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 17.4%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Northfield
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.9/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.7/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 115 filings here across 15 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,482, 11% below the Wheeling average. The worst year on record was 2013, when 6.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #21,564 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $83,971.
33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031802506
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031802506?
Census tract 17031802506 in the North Northfield neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 17031802506?
Median gross rent is $1,482/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031802506?
10.7% of residents in tract 17031802506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,517.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031802506?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 13th, minority 75th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 17031802506 considered part of North Northfield?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031802506 fall within North Northfield (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031802506?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 115 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031802506 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.23% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031802506 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.6% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031802506 compare to Wheeling overall?
Tract 17031802506 scores 5.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Wheeling at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wheeling eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wheeling
Top eight tracts in Wheeling ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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