Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Ashland Arts District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Evanston
Tract 17031808800 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,921 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 17031808800 covers part of the Ashland Arts District area of Evanston, IL, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,921. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.3/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,598
Renter share24.3%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$160,789
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Evanston and the region
Centroid at 42.0655, -87.6819 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ashland Arts District scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,725 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Ashland Arts District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 11%Grade A
- 59%Grade B
- 2%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
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)
- 74Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2004)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ashland Arts District. 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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.1%Food insecurity
- 4.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.0%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 12.0%Frequent mental distress
- 18.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ashland Arts District
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10. SNAP participation runs 4.2% against 15.2% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 5.7% against 14.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 74 filings here across 15 tracked years. It sits 0.9 points below the Cook County average of 6.1. Cost burden runs 41% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 3.0% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 1.3% 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031808800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031808800?
Census tract 17031808800 in the Ashland Arts District neighborhood 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 17031808800?
Median gross rent is $1,725/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031808800?
5.3% of residents in tract 17031808800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,921.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031808800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 8th, minority 31th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 17031808800 considered part of Ashland Arts District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031808800 fall within Ashland Arts District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031808800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 74 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031808800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.32% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031808800 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031808800 compare to Evanston overall?
Tract 17031808800 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Evanston at 6.6/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 17031808800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
Tract · IL
Downtown
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
Ashland Arts District
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
Downtown
8
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
Church and Dodge
7.9
/ 10 · High
Tract · IL
Ridgeville
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
Downtown
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
South Evanston
7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IL
Church and Dodge
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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