Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Prospect Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031802608 · Cook County, IL · pop 6,009 · 46% of tract blocks fall in Prospect Heights
Tract 17031802608 sits in Prospect Heights, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. Against Cook County at 45.6%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,896
Renter share16.9%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$94,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Prospect Heights and the region
Centroid at 42.1009, -87.9489 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prospect Heights scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Prospect Heights
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
$1,491 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Prospect Heights
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Prospect Heights
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Prospect Heights
3.2
How Prospect Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 194Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.2%Peak (2015)
- 23Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 475% 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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 12.4%Frequent mental distress
- 24.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Prospect Heights
It sits 2.4 points below the Cook County average of 6.1. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.7/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.6/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally.
Court records carry 194 eviction filings across 15 observed years. SNAP participation runs 6.8% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 7.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.7/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031802608
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031802608?
Census tract 17031802608 in Prospect Heights scores 3.7/10 (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 17031802608?
Median gross rent is $1,491/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031802608?
6.9% of residents in tract 17031802608 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,009.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031802608?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 62th, minority 35th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031802608?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 194 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031802608 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.76% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031802608 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031802608 compare to Prospect Heights overall?
Tract 17031802608 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Prospect Heights at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Prospect Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Prospect Heights
Top eight tracts in Prospect Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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