Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Wheeling Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031802504 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,844
How risky is Wheeling for landlords? Census tract 17031802504 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #29,358 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 54% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 54% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,175 a month against an average household income of $89,188 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,079
Renter share12.2%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$89,188
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 42.1343, -87.9371 · 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
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$2,175 rent vs county FMR
7.4
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: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 72Total filings over 12 yrs
- 3.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2012)
- 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% 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.
- 15.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.1%Food insecurity
- 14.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 15.6%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wheeling
The heaviest input here 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 riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 72 eviction filings here over 12 tracked years, with about 3.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.2% of renter households in 2012.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031802504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031802504?
Census tract 17031802504 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 17031802504?
Median gross rent is $2,175/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031802504?
9.6% of residents in tract 17031802504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,844.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031802504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 34th, minority 76th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031802504?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 12 validated years in tract 17031802504 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.60% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031802504 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.2% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031802504 compare to Wheeling overall?
Tract 17031802504 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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