Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Riverview Eviction Risk: Lower , Des Plaines
Tract 17031770800 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,773 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 17031770800 (the Riverview area of Des Plaines, Illinois) comes in at 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 71% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,208 monthly, set against $79,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,002
Renter share29.8%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$79,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Plaines and the region
Centroid at 41.9633, -87.8664 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverview scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Des Plaines
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,208 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Des Plaines
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Des Plaines
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Des Plaines
5.8
How Riverview compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 7%Grade C
- 13%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)
- 312Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2010)
- 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 14.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.7%Food insecurity
- 14.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverview
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 61st 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 17031770800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031770800?
Census tract 17031770800 in the Riverview neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 17031770800?
Median gross rent is $1,208/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031770800?
3.5% of residents in tract 17031770800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,773.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031770800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 46th, minority 64th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 17031770800 considered part of Riverview?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031770800 fall within Riverview (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031770800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 312 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031770800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.28% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031770800 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.6% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031770800 compare to Des Plaines overall?
Tract 17031770800 scores 2.6/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 17031770800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 13% 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 Des Plaines
Top eight tracts in Des Plaines ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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