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Neighborhood · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally

Lake View Eviction Risk: Lower , Winnetka

Tract 17031800300 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,303 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

How risky is Lake View in Winnetka for landlords? Census tract 17031800300 scores 5.2/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 46th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,381 a month while the average household earns $250,001 a year, roughly 7% of income at the averages. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 2% Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,136
Renter share4.2%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate2.1%
Median income$250,001

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Lake View
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Winnetka
Very High
Within county
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#1,284 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#3,034 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Winnetka and the region

Centroid at 42.1125, -87.7575 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lake View scores 1.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Winnetka
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
2.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,381 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Winnetka
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Winnetka
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Winnetka
5.7

How Lake View compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lake View risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.21.2This tracttract 800300Winnetka: 4.64.6Winnetkaparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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

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.

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

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)

  • 47Total filings over 13 yrs
  • 2.41%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.9%Peak (2013)
  • 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318003002001: 3 filings (2.22/100 renter HHs)2002: 2 filings (1.48/100 renter HHs)2003: 3 filings (2.22/100 renter HHs)2004: 4 filings (2.96/100 renter HHs)2005: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2006: 5 filings (3.17/100 renter HHs)2007: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2008: 3 filings (1.90/100 renter HHs)2009: 4 filings (2.54/100 renter HHs)2010: 5 filings (3.11/100 renter HHs)2011: 5 filings (3.25/100 renter HHs)2012: 2 filings (1.30/100 renter HHs)2013: 6 filings (3.90/100 renter HHs)2014: 2 filings (1.30/100 renter HHs)2015: 3 filings (1.95/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lake View. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lake View

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Winnetka, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cook County average of 5.7 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 5th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031800300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031800300?

Census tract 17031800300 in the Lake View neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (Lower 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 17031800300?

Median gross rent is $1,381/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031800300?

2.1% of residents in tract 17031800300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,303.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031800300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 44th, minority 18th, housing 7th.
Q5

Is tract 17031800300 considered part of Lake View?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031800300 fall within Lake View (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031800300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 17031800300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.41% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031800300 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.7% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031800300 compare to Winnetka overall?

Tract 17031800300 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Winnetka at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winnetka; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 17031800300 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 Winnetka

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

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