Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Wheeling Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031802503 · Cook County, IL · pop 7,571 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Wheeling
Census tract 17031802503 covers part of Wheeling, IL, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,571 residents. Against Cook County at 45.6%, about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,637
Renter share19.5%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$103,482
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wheeling and the region
Centroid at 42.1316, -87.9538 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wheeling scores 5.5
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
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,744 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 204Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2012)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 600% 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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 24.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wheeling
Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 7.9/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 204 eviction filings across 15 observed years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 4.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,744, close to the Wheeling average. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $103,482.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031802503
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031802503?
Census tract 17031802503 in Wheeling scores 5.5/10 (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 17031802503?
Median gross rent is $1,744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031802503?
13.5% of residents in tract 17031802503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,571.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031802503?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 52th, minority 56th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031802503?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 204 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031802503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.47% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031802503 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031802503 compare to Wheeling overall?
Tract 17031802503 scores 5.5/10, 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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