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Central Street Evanston Eviction Risk: Elevated , Wilmette

Tract 17031809000 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,044 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 17031809000 sits in the Central Street Evanston neighborhood of Wilmette, Illinois. It has a population of 4,044 and an eviction-risk score of 6.0/10 (Elevated tier). 72% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 41% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $3,501/month against a median household income of $207,434 — roughly 20% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

6.0

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 5% Owners 81%

Tract context

Occupied units1,535

Renter share19.0%

SVI overall0.30

Poverty rate5.3%

Median income$207,434

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wilmette and the region

Centroid at 42.0598, -87.7189 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Street Evanston scores 6.0

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Wilmette

7.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.5

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

5.3% poverty · this tract

1.3

Supply constraint

$3,501 rent vs county FMR

10.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Wilmette

6.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Wilmette

8.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Wilmette

6.1

How Central Street Evanston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 30

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

5%Socioeconomic
48%Household composition
24%Racial/ethnic minority
77%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A — Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

43%Grade A
32%Grade B
5%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org) — 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

16Total filings over 9 yrs
0.54%Avg annual filing rate
1.4%Peak (2002)
1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 — 2015

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Central Street Evanston. 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.

4.9%Housing insecurity
3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
5.5%Food insecurity
4.1%SNAP enrollment
3.4%Transit barriers
3.9%No health insurance
10.2%Frequent mental distress
22.7%Any disability

Frequently asked

About tract 17031809000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031809000?

Census tract 17031809000 in the Central Street Evanston neighborhood scores 6.0/10 (Elevated 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 17031809000?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031809000?

5.3% of residents in tract 17031809000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,044.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031809000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 48th, minority 24th, housing 77th.

Is tract 17031809000 considered part of Central Street Evanston?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031809000 fall within Central Street Evanston (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031809000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 17031809000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.54% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 17031809000 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.9% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17031809000 compare to Wilmette overall?

Tract 17031809000 scores 6.0/10 — higher than the parent city of Wilmette at 5.0/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilmette; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17031809000 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wilmette

Top eight tracts in Wilmette ranked by composite eviction-risk score.