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Indian Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chicago Heights

Tract 17031800700 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,850 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 17031800700 sits in the Indian Hill neighborhood of Chicago Heights, Illinois. It has a population of 4,850 and an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10 (Moderate tier). 7% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 0% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $3,253/month against a median household income of $250,001 — roughly 16% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 6% Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,705
Renter share6.5%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$250,001

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#11 of 11 tracts In Indian Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#6 of 6 tracts In Chicago Heights
Very Low
Within county
2 th percentile
Rank — 2th percentileBottomTop
#1,304 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
8 th percentile
Rank — 8th percentileBottomTop
#2,988 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago Heights and the region

Centroid at 42.0847, -87.7426 · click any tract to drill in

Why Indian Hill scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chicago Heights
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,253 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago Heights
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago Heights
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago Heights
3.8

How Indian Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Indian Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 800700Chicago Heights: 6.56.5Chicago Heightsparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.45.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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

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.

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)

  • 20Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 2.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.6%Peak (2001)
  • 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 — 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318007002001: 3 filings (3.61/100 renter HHs)2002: 2 filings (2.41/100 renter HHs)2003: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2004: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2005: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2006: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2008: 3 filings (6.38/100 renter HHs)2009: 2 filings (4.26/100 renter HHs)2010: 2 filings (1.71/100 renter HHs)2011: 1 filings (0.96/100 renter HHs)2012: 1 filings (0.96/100 renter HHs)2013: 3 filings (2.88/100 renter HHs)2014: 1 filings (0.96/100 renter HHs)2015: 2 filings (1.92/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Indian Hill. 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031800700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031800700?

Census tract 17031800700 in the Indian Hill neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 17031800700?

Median gross rent is $3,253/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 7% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031800700?

2.3% of residents in tract 17031800700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,850.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031800700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 74th, minority 30th, housing 26th.

Q5

Is tract 17031800700 considered part of Indian Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031800700 fall within Indian Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031800700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 17031800700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.61% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 17031800700 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.0% 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.

Q8

How does tract 17031800700 compare to Chicago Heights overall?

Tract 17031800700 scores 4.2/10 — lower than the parent city of Chicago Heights at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chicago eviction risk Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Q9

Was tract 17031800700 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 Chicago Heights

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

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