Within neighborhood
30
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Indian Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Chicago Heights
Tract 17031800800 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,331 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.4/10 for census tract 17031800800 reflects conditions in the Indian Hill area of Chicago Heights, Illinois. That is riskier than about 54% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,512 a month against an average household income of $105,688 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,051
Renter share13.7%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$105,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago Heights and the region
Centroid at 42.0972, -87.7586 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indian Hill scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chicago Heights
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$2,512 rent vs county FMR
9.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago Heights
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago Heights
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago Heights
5.1
How Indian Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 10%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 56Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2001)
- 5Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Indian Hill. 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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.5%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 11.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indian Hill
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 9.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chicago eviction risk Heights, 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031800800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031800800?
Census tract 17031800800 in the Indian Hill neighborhood scores 2.2/10 (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 17031800800?
Median gross rent is $2,512/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031800800?
9.5% of residents in tract 17031800800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,331.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031800800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 60th, minority 31th, housing 7th.
Q5
Is tract 17031800800 considered part of Indian Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031800800 fall within Indian Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031800800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 56 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031800800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.36% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031800800 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031800800 compare to Chicago Heights overall?
Tract 17031800800 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Chicago Heights at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chicago eviction risk Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031800800 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 Chicago Heights
Top eight tracts in Chicago Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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