Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Des Plaines Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17031806102 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,325
With a score of 3.4/10, tract 17031806102 in Des Plaines, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It sits 2.7 points below the Cook County average of 6.1.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,636
Renter share26.4%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$110,227
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Plaines and the region
Centroid at 42.0479, -87.9025 · click any tract to drill in
Why Des Plaines scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Des Plaines
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,851 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Des Plaines
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Des Plaines
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Des Plaines
4.1
How Des Plaines compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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)
- 130Total filings over 15 yrs
- 4.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.8%Peak (2011)
- 10Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 24.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Des Plaines
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.3/10.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 130 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
At $1,851 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Des Plaines commands. The worst year on record was 2011, when 8.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.7 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $110,227.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031806102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031806102?
Census tract 17031806102 in Des Plaines scores 3.4/10 (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 17031806102?
Median gross rent is $1,851/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031806102?
9.3% of residents in tract 17031806102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,325.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031806102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 77th, minority 54th, housing 92th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031806102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 130 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031806102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.08% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17031806102 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17031806102 compare to Des Plaines overall?
Tract 17031806102 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Des Plaines at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Des Plaines eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Des Plaines
Top eight tracts in Des Plaines ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Low
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