Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Lake View Eviction Risk: Lower , Winnetka
Tract 17031800400 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,686 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 17031800400 runs through the Lake View neighborhood of Winnetka. With 3,686 residents, it scores 5.4/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 54% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,125 a month while the average household earns $250,001 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,274
Renter share8.7%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate1.2%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Winnetka and the region
Centroid at 42.1116, -87.7291 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake View scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Winnetka
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
1.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,125 rent vs county FMR
7.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Winnetka
9.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Winnetka
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Winnetka
5.7
How Lake View compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 26%Grade A
- 68%Grade B
- 3%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)
- 24Total filings over 10 yrs
- 3.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2011)
- 2Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lake View. 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.
- 4.3%Housing insecurity
- 2.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.2%Food insecurity
- 2.8%SNAP enrollment
- 2.9%Transit barriers
- 3.0%No health insurance
- 10.6%Frequent mental distress
- 16.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake View
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 9.4/10. 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 Winnetka, 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 24 eviction filings here over 10 tracked years, with about 3.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.6% of renter households in 2011.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031800400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031800400?
Census tract 17031800400 in the Lake View neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (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 17031800400?
Median gross rent is $2,125/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031800400?
1.2% of residents in tract 17031800400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,686.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031800400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 10th, minority 18th, housing 3th.
Q5
Is tract 17031800400 considered part of Lake View?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031800400 fall within Lake View (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031800400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 17031800400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.31% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031800400 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.3% 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. 2.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031800400 compare to Winnetka overall?
Tract 17031800400 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Winnetka at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winnetka; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031800400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Winnetka
Top eight tracts in Winnetka ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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