Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgeland Eviction Risk: High , Oak Park
Tract 17031251300 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,915 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 17031251300 covers part of the Ridgeland area of Chicago, IL, and scores 8.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. SNAP participation runs 38.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,504
Renter share56.4%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate24.9%
Median income$42,182
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
99
th percentile
Very High
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8984, -87.7704 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgeland scores 8.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Oak Park
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
24.9% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,175 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Park
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Park
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Park
6.5
How Ridgeland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%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
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)
- 1,017Total filings over 15 yrs
- 7.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2004)
- 65Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ridgeland. 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.
- 30.5%Housing insecurity
- 19.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 37.9%Food insecurity
- 38.0%SNAP enrollment
- 17.4%Transit barriers
- 14.7%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgeland
Food insecurity runs 37.9% against 17.8% nationally. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points.
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Set annual rent against average income of $42,182 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.
The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Average gross rent is $1,175, 18% below the Chicago average. The filing record is not thin: 1,017 evictions over 15 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 8.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031251300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031251300?
Census tract 17031251300 in the Ridgeland neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High 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 17031251300?
Median gross rent is $1,175/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031251300?
24.9% of residents in tract 17031251300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,915.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031251300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 87th, minority 97th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 17031251300 considered part of Ridgeland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031251300 fall within Ridgeland (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031251300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,017 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031251300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.07% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031251300 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.5% 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. 19.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031251300 compare to Oak Park overall?
Tract 17031251300 scores 8.1/10, higher than the parent city of Oak Park at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oak Park eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031251300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
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