Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Wheeling Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031802402 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,076 · 76% of tract blocks fall in Wheeling
For landlords sizing up Wheeling, census tract 17031802402 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. That is riskier than roughly 54% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,469 a month while the average household earns $79,375 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,333
Renter share37.0%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$79,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wheeling and the region
Centroid at 42.1480, -87.9101 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wheeling scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wheeling
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,469 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wheeling
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wheeling
7.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wheeling
4.7
How Wheeling compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
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)
- 187Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2009)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 56% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wheeling
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.9/10. 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 Wheeling 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 187 eviction filings here over 15 tracked years, with about 2.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2009.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031802402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031802402?
Census tract 17031802402 in Wheeling scores 3.3/10 (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 17031802402?
Median gross rent is $1,469/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031802402?
6.9% of residents in tract 17031802402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,076.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031802402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 91th, minority 63th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031802402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 187 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031802402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.03% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031802402 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031802402 compare to Wheeling overall?
Tract 17031802402 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Wheeling at 4.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wheeling eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wheeling
Top eight tracts in Wheeling ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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