Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #58,847 of 84,120 nationally
Wilmette Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031801200 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,699 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Wilmette
Census tract 17031801200 is in Wilmette, Illinois. It has a population of 3,699 and an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10 (Moderate tier). 30% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 0% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $2,250/month against a median household income of $250,001 — roughly 11% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,460
Renter share4.1%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate0.0%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmette and the region
Centroid at 42.0789, -87.6848 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wilmette scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilmette
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,250 rent vs county FMR
7.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilmette
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilmette
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilmette
3.8
How Wilmette compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B — Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 32%Grade A
- 47%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 20Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.9%Peak (2012)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 4.0%Housing insecurity
- 2.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.2%Food insecurity
- 2.9%SNAP enrollment
- 2.9%Transit barriers
- 3.1%No health insurance
- 10.0%Frequent mental distress
- 19.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About tract 17031801200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031801200?
Census tract 17031801200 in Wilmette scores 4.7/10 (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 17031801200?
Median gross rent is $2,250/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031801200?
0.0% of residents in tract 17031801200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,699.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031801200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 51th, minority 11th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031801200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17031801200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.58% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031801200 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.0% 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. 2.5% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031801200 compare to Wilmette overall?
Tract 17031801200 scores 4.7/10 — lower 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.
Q8
Was tract 17031801200 historically redlined?
Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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