Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Wheeling Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17031802403 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,392 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Wheeling
Census tract 17031802403 covers part of Wheeling, IL, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. 17% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Cook County average of 45.6%.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units784
Renter share23.6%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$85,278
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wheeling and the region
Centroid at 42.1419, -87.9531 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wheeling scores 5.2
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
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,854 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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)
- 93Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2012)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% 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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 11.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wheeling
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.2/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.9/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 5.8% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 93 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points.
Housing insecurity runs 6.6% against 14.2% nationally. At $1,854 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Wheeling commands.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 5.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031802403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031802403?
Census tract 17031802403 in Wheeling scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 17031802403?
Median gross rent is $1,854/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031802403?
5.0% of residents in tract 17031802403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,392.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031802403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 31th, minority 27th, housing 6th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031802403?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 93 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031802403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.86% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031802403 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031802403 compare to Wheeling overall?
Tract 17031802403 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Wheeling at 5.9/10. 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.
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Moderate
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