Within neighborhood
92
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Riverview Eviction Risk: Lower , Des Plaines
Tract 17031811600 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,827 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Here is how census tract 17031811600, in the Riverview area of Des Plaines eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.8/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 5,827. On the national scale it ranks #26,392 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,220 a month while the average household earns $63,311 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units2,238
Renter share61.6%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$63,311
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Des Plaines and the region
Centroid at 41.9512, -87.8722 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverview scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Des Plaines
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,220 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Des Plaines
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Des Plaines
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Des Plaines
5.8
How Riverview compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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
- 8%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)
- 421Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2013)
- 26Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Riverview. 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.
- 14.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.5%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverview
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Des Plaines eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 74th 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 14.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% 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 17031811600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031811600?
Census tract 17031811600 in the Riverview neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 17031811600?
Median gross rent is $1,220/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031811600?
8.9% of residents in tract 17031811600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,827.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031811600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 56th, minority 53th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 17031811600 considered part of Riverview?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031811600 fall within Riverview (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031811600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 421 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031811600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.78% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031811600 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.5% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031811600 compare to Des Plaines overall?
Tract 17031811600 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Des Plaines at 4.7/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 17031811600 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 Des Plaines
Top eight tracts in Des Plaines ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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