Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
West End Eviction Risk: Lower , Evanston
Tract 17031809700 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,726 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 17031809700 covers the West End area of Evanston, home to 3,726 residents. For landlords it grades 4.5/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 23% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
4% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,042 monthly, set against $131,140 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,341
Renter share23.5%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$131,140
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Evanston and the region
Centroid at 42.0375, -87.6999 · click any tract to drill in
Why West End scores 3
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
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,042 rent vs county FMR
6.6
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 West End compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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
- 44%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)
- 126Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2001)
- 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 53% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West End. 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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.9%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 22.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West End
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Evanston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cook County average of 5.7 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031809700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031809700?
Census tract 17031809700 in the West End neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 17031809700?
Median gross rent is $2,042/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 4% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031809700?
4.7% of residents in tract 17031809700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,726.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031809700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 73th, minority 72th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 17031809700 considered part of West End?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031809700 fall within West End (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031809700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 126 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031809700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.44% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031809700 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031809700 compare to Evanston overall?
Tract 17031809700 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Evanston at 5/10. 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 17031809700 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.
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