Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Evanston
Tract 17031812000 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,442 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 17031812000 covers part of the Downtown area of River Forest, IL, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,442 residents. Cost burden runs 67% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,455
Renter share13.8%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate1.0%
Median income$138,945
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Evanston and the region
Centroid at 41.8876, -87.8201 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 3.2
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
1.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,392 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Evanston
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Evanston
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Evanston
5.4
How Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 38%Grade B
- 25%Grade C
- 11%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)
- 109Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2001)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 88% 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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 11.8%Frequent mental distress
- 20.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
It sits 2.9 points below the Cook County average of 6.1. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 109 evictions over 15 years of observation.
Housing insecurity runs 6.8% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,392, 10% below the River Forest average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 4.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 4.5% 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 2.3% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #63,308 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 17031812000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031812000?
Census tract 17031812000 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 17031812000?
Median gross rent is $1,392/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031812000?
1.0% of residents in tract 17031812000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,442.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031812000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 43th, minority 25th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 17031812000 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031812000 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031812000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 109 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031812000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.30% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031812000 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031812000 compare to Evanston overall?
Tract 17031812000 scores 3.2/10, 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 17031812000 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. 11% 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.
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