Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Evanston
Tract 17031809500 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,183 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
17031809500 is a census tract in the Downtown area of Evanston, IL. It scores 7.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,183. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units2,210
Renter share69.0%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$75,620
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Evanston and the region
Centroid at 42.0465, -87.6877 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 7.1
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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,926 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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
- 0%Grade B
- 61%Grade C
- 26%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)
- 194Total filings over 15 yrs
- 1.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2001)
- 20Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 6.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 19.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Against Cook County at 45.6%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.
Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 194 filings here across 15 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 6.8% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,926, 9% above the Evanston average.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 2.2% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 1.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031809500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031809500?
Census tract 17031809500 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17031809500?
Median gross rent is $1,926/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031809500?
15.6% of residents in tract 17031809500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,183.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031809500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 9th, minority 54th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 17031809500 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031809500 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031809500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 194 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031809500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.40% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031809500 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031809500 compare to Evanston overall?
Tract 17031809500 scores 7.1/10, higher 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 17031809500 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. 26% 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.
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/ 10 · High
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7.1
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