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Neighborhood · Beach Park, IL

Bull Creek Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 12,325 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.2/10 · range 5.6–7.3

Bull Creek Terrace is a 2-tract neighborhood of Beach Park, IL, population 12,325. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.2/10, in the Elevated tier. 60% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Beach Park rate of 30.8%.

Severe burden reaches 33%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.4/10.

Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.6 to 7.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 21.6% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 26.7% of adults, 8.9 points above the national rate.

Average gross rent is $1,129, 10% below the Beach Park average of $1,254. At 28% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.

Social vulnerability runs high at 9.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $58,228.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.2 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Bull Creek Terrace vs Beach Park How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
59.5% +93%
Beach Park: 30.8%
Average gross rent
$1,129 -10%
Beach Park: $1,254
Average HH income
$58,228 -30%
Beach Park: $83,069
Poverty rate
17.7% +50%
Beach Park: 11.8%
Renter share
27.7% +110%
Beach Park: 13.2%
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Geographic context

Risk heat across Bull Creek Terrace and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 5.6–7.3

Why Bull Creek Terrace scores 6.2

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.6–6.6 across tracts
6.6
Rent control risk
60% of income on rent · Range 6.8–7.8 across tracts
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 4.5–5.3 across tracts
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
28% renter households · Range 3.8–8.6 across tracts
5.4
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.8–7.0 across tracts
6.9
Economic stress
17.7% below poverty line · Range 3.9–5.5 across tracts
4.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–2.3 across tracts
1.4
Risk score comparison

Bull Creek Terrace vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Bull Creek Terrace score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Bull Creek Terrace: 6.26.2Bull Creek TerraceNeighborhoodParent city: 4.24.2Parent cityhost cityState: 5.15.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Bull Creek Terrace

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
17097860500 7.3 4,195 64% $1,283
17097860600 5.6 8,130 57% $1,049
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 95

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 88%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 95%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 76%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 88%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bull Creek Terrace

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Bull Creek Terrace

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Bull Creek Terrace?

Bull Creek Terrace scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Bull Creek Terrace compare to Beach Park overall?

Bull Creek Terrace scores 2.0 points higher than Beach Park overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 60% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,129 vs $1,254.
Q3

What is the average rent in Bull Creek Terrace?

Average gross rent in Bull Creek Terrace is $1,129/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Bull Creek Terrace residents are renters?

28% of Bull Creek Terrace households are renter-occupied (vs 13% in Beach Park). The neighborhood has 12,325 residents.
Q5

Is Bull Creek Terrace a high social-vulnerability area?

Bull Creek Terrace sits in the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Bull Creek Terrace have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Bull Creek Terrace is census tract 17097860500 (score 7.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.6 to 7.3, a spread of 1.7 points.
Q7

How safe is Bull Creek Terrace for landlords?

Bull Creek Terrace carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.2/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Beach Park as a whole (4.2/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Bull Creek Terrace?

Bull Creek Terrace has 12,673 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (46%), White (non-Hispanic) (31%), Black (non-Hispanic) (19.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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