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Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally

Riverview Eviction Risk: Lower , Des Plaines

Tract 17031770700 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,290 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 17031770700 covers the Riverview neighborhood of Des Plaines in Illinois. Home to 2,290 residents, it scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 18th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

21% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,055 monthly, set against $68,145 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 71% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 56% Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,148
Renter share71.0%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$68,145

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 13 tracts In Riverview
Very High
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Des Plaines
Moderate
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#900 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#1,612 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Des Plaines and the region

Centroid at 41.9854, -87.8694 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverview scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Des Plaines
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,055 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Des Plaines
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Des Plaines
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Des Plaines
2.6

How Riverview compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Riverview risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.83.8This tracttract 770700Des Plaines: 4.74.7Des Plainesparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 51

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

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)

  • 107Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 1.08%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.0%Peak (2009)
  • 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170317707002001: 4 filings (0.51/100 renter HHs)2002: 5 filings (0.64/100 renter HHs)2003: 3 filings (0.39/100 renter HHs)2004: 8 filings (1.03/100 renter HHs)2005: 7 filings (1.09/100 renter HHs)2006: 9 filings (1.40/100 renter HHs)2007: 10 filings (1.56/100 renter HHs)2008: 6 filings (0.94/100 renter HHs)2009: 13 filings (2.03/100 renter HHs)2010: 4 filings (0.53/100 renter HHs)2011: 6 filings (0.95/100 renter HHs)2012: 7 filings (1.11/100 renter HHs)2013: 12 filings (1.90/100 renter HHs)2014: 10 filings (1.59/100 renter HHs)2015: 3 filings (0.48/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Riverview. 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 Riverview

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Des Plaines eviction risk, 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 below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 107 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 1.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.0% of renter households in 2009.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031770700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031770700?

Census tract 17031770700 in the Riverview neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 17031770700?

Median gross rent is $1,055/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031770700?

9.6% of residents in tract 17031770700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,290.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031770700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 26th, minority 52th, housing 73th.
Q5

Is tract 17031770700 considered part of Riverview?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031770700 fall within Riverview (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031770700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 107 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031770700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.08% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031770700 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.3% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031770700 compare to Des Plaines overall?

Tract 17031770700 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Des Plaines at 4.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Des Plaines eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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