1 census tracts · pop 3,624 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5.8–5.8
Evanston maps to a single census tract in Norwood, OH and houses 3,624 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.8/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 61% against 29.6% citywide, putting Evanston 31.4% over its own city.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. The severe-burden share is 30%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 583 evictions logged in this tract. Average gross rent is $1,137, 16% above the Norwood average of $981.
Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 10.1% of renter households. Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 7/10. The most recent observed rate, 2.7% in 2018, is well off that peak.
Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Evanston vs NorwoodHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority36%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport68%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Evanston
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
583Total filings (sum)
5.65%Avg annual filing rate
10.1%Peak year (2006)
2.72%Latest filed (2018)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
146Total filings 2020-21
1.9Avg monthly observed
2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.78×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Cincinnati, OH).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Evanston
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.8%Housing insecurity
8.1%Utility shutoff threat
13.5%Food insecurity
10.7%SNAP enrollment
7.0%No health insurance
25.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Evanston
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Evanston?
Evanston scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 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 Evanston compare to Norwood overall?
Evanston scores 1.4 points higher than Norwood overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,137 vs $981.
Q3
What is the average rent in Evanston?
Average gross rent in Evanston is $1,137/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Evanston residents are renters?
56% of Evanston households are renter-occupied (vs 53% in Norwood). The neighborhood has 3,624 residents.
Q5
Is Evanston a high social-vulnerability area?
Evanston sits in the 28th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Evanston for landlords?
Evanston carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Norwood as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Evanston?
Evanston has 3,565 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.8%), Other / Multiracial (2.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
