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Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally

Riverview Eviction Risk: Elevated , Des Plaines

Tract 17031811600 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,827 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

With a score of 6.2/10, tract 17031811600 in the Riverview area of Schiller Park, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
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 neighborhood
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#2 of 13 tracts In Riverview
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Des Plaines
Very High
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#683 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Moderate
Within state
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#802 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
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 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Riverview risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.26.2This tracttract 811600Des Plaines: 4.44.4Des Plainesparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 74

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

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.

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 by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318116002001: 26 filings (2.11/100 renter HHs)2002: 31 filings (2.51/100 renter HHs)2003: 22 filings (1.78/100 renter HHs)2004: 23 filings (1.86/100 renter HHs)2005: 15 filings (1.51/100 renter HHs)2006: 11 filings (1.11/100 renter HHs)2007: 23 filings (2.31/100 renter HHs)2008: 24 filings (2.41/100 renter HHs)2009: 25 filings (2.51/100 renter HHs)2010: 29 filings (2.50/100 renter HHs)2011: 41 filings (4.51/100 renter HHs)2012: 41 filings (4.51/100 renter HHs)2013: 51 filings (5.60/100 renter HHs)2014: 33 filings (3.63/100 renter HHs)2015: 26 filings (2.86/100 renter HHs)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverview

What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10.

Court records carry 421 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 5.6% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #17,132 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10.

Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. 47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031811600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031811600?

Census tract 17031811600 in the Riverview neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 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 6.2/10, higher than the parent city of Des Plaines at 4.4/10. 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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