Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Williamsburg Square Eviction Risk: Lower , Northbrook
Tract 17031801500 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,367 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
The Williamsburg Square area of Northbrook anchors census tract 17031801500, which lands at 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 58% of US census tracts.
52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,955 a month against an average household income of $139,797 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,534
Renter share16.3%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$139,797
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northbrook and the region
Centroid at 42.1399, -87.8146 · click any tract to drill in
Why Williamsburg Square scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Northbrook
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,955 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northbrook
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northbrook
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northbrook
5.0
How Williamsburg Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 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)
- 122Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2009)
- 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
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.
- 6.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.1%Food insecurity
- 5.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 11.1%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Williamsburg Square
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.1/10. 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 Northbrook 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031801500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031801500?
Census tract 17031801500 in the Williamsburg Square neighborhood scores 1.3/10 (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 17031801500?
Median gross rent is $1,955/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031801500?
4.7% of residents in tract 17031801500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,367.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031801500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 28th, minority 27th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 17031801500 considered part of Williamsburg Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031801500 fall within Williamsburg Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031801500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031801500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.33% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031801500 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.0% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031801500 compare to Northbrook overall?
Tract 17031801500 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Northbrook at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northbrook eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031801500 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Northbrook
Top eight tracts in Northbrook ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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