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Swainwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Glenview

Tract 17031802100 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,717 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 17031802100 runs through the Swainwood neighborhood of Glenview. With 3,717 residents, it scores 5.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 65% of US census tracts.

About 62% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,205 a month while the average household earns $169,625 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 8% Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,258
Renter share21.2%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$169,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Swainwood
Moderate
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 14 tracts In Glenview
Elevated
Within county
10 th percentile
Rank, 10th percentileLowHigh
#1,205 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#2,708 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Glenview and the region

Centroid at 42.0723, -87.8115 · click any tract to drill in

Why Swainwood scores 1.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Glenview
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,205 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Glenview
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Glenview
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Glenview
6.0

How Swainwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Swainwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.81.8This tracttract 802100Glenview: 4.64.6Glenviewparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

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

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.

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)

  • 22Total filings over 10 yrs
  • 1.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.3%Peak (2008)
  • 3Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318021002001: 1 filings (0.57/100 renter HHs)2002: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2003: 2 filings (1.14/100 renter HHs)2004: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2005: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2006: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 2 filings (1.77/100 renter HHs)2008: 6 filings (5.31/100 renter HHs)2009: 1 filings (0.88/100 renter HHs)2010: 3 filings (1.70/100 renter HHs)2011: 0 filings (0.00/100 renter HHs)2012: 1 filings (0.88/100 renter HHs)2013: 2 filings (1.77/100 renter HHs)2014: 1 filings (0.88/100 renter HHs)2015: 3 filings (2.65/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Swainwood. 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 Swainwood

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.6/10. 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 Glenview 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th 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.

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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031802100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031802100?

Census tract 17031802100 in the Swainwood neighborhood scores 1.8/10 (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 17031802100?

Median gross rent is $1,205/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031802100?

11.3% of residents in tract 17031802100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,717.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031802100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 59th, minority 34th, housing 16th.
Q5

Is tract 17031802100 considered part of Swainwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031802100 fall within Swainwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031802100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 10 validated years in tract 17031802100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.76% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031802100 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.7% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031802100 compare to Glenview overall?

Tract 17031802100 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Glenview at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Glenview eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 17031802100 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 Glenview

Top eight tracts in Glenview ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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