Census Tract · Ranked #41,101 of 84,120 nationally

Wheeling Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17031803014 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,329 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Wheeling

Census tract 17031803014 is in Wheeling, Illinois. It has a population of 3,329 and an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). 50% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 26% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,302/month against a median household income of $81,019 — roughly 19% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 22% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,407

Renter share43.9%

SVI overall0.39

Poverty rate4.8%

Median income$81,019

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wheeling and the region

Centroid at 42.1189, -87.9328 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wheeling scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

4.8% poverty · this tract

1.2

Supply constraint

$1,302 rent vs county FMR

2.4

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 Wheeling compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

48%Socioeconomic
24%Household composition
52%Racial/ethnic minority
39%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

207Total filings over 15 yrs
4.09%Avg annual filing rate
7.3%Peak (2009)
15Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 — 2015

Filings climbed 15% 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.

11.9%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
14.4%Food insecurity
11.2%SNAP enrollment
6.9%Transit barriers
10.3%No health insurance
14.4%Frequent mental distress
24.9%Any disability

Frequently asked

About tract 17031803014

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031803014?

Census tract 17031803014 in Wheeling scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17031803014?

Median gross rent is $1,302/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031803014?

4.8% of residents in tract 17031803014 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,329.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031803014?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 24th, minority 52th, housing 39th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031803014?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 207 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031803014 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.09% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 17031803014 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.9% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17031803014 compare to Wheeling overall?

Tract 17031803014 scores 5.3/10 — lower than the parent city of Wheeling at 5.7/10. 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.