Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Wheeling Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031802402 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,076 · 76% of tract blocks fall in Wheeling
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 17031802402 in Wheeling, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,076 residents. Against Cook County at 45.6%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,333
Renter share37.0%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$79,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wheeling and the region
Centroid at 42.1480, -87.9101 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wheeling scores 5.4
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
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,469 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Wheeling compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 187Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2009)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 56% 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wheeling
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.7/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Court records carry 187 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. At $1,469 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Wheeling commands.
The worst year on record was 2009, when 3.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 8.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $79,375.
37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031802402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031802402?
Census tract 17031802402 in Wheeling scores 5.4/10 (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 17031802402?
Median gross rent is $1,469/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031802402?
6.9% of residents in tract 17031802402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,076.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031802402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 91th, minority 63th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031802402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 187 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031802402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.03% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031802402 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031802402 compare to Wheeling overall?
Tract 17031802402 scores 5.4/10, lower than 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.
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