Neighborhood · Ranked #11,747 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Evanston

Tract 17031808702 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,244 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 17031808702 sits in the Downtown neighborhood of Evanston, Illinois. It has a population of 5,244 and an eviction-risk score of 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). 50% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 30% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,417/month against a median household income of $58,011 — roughly 29% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 19% Owners 61%

Tract context

Occupied units460

Renter share38.9%

SVI overall0.42

Poverty rate28.8%

Median income$58,011

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Evanston and the region

Centroid at 42.0582, -87.6719 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Evanston

7.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.5

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

28.8% poverty · this tract

7.2

Supply constraint

$1,417 rent vs county FMR

3.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Evanston

6.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Evanston

8.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Evanston

6.1

How Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

59%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
60%Racial/ethnic minority
76%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C — Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
10%Grade B
16%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org) — 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

19Total filings over 11 yrs
1.05%Avg annual filing rate
1.1%Peak (2003)
2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2001 — 2015

Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown. 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.

12.6%Housing insecurity
6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
19.2%Food insecurity
12.4%SNAP enrollment
12.4%Transit barriers
8.3%No health insurance
22.7%Frequent mental distress
25.9%Any disability

Frequently asked

About tract 17031808702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031808702?

Census tract 17031808702 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17031808702?

Median gross rent is $1,417/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031808702?

28.8% of residents in tract 17031808702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,244.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031808702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 2th, minority 60th, housing 76th.

Is tract 17031808702 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031808702 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031808702?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17031808702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.05% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 17031808702 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.6% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17031808702 compare to Evanston overall?

Tract 17031808702 scores 6.4/10 — higher than the parent city of Evanston at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Evanston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17031808702 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Evanston

Top eight tracts in Evanston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.