Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
Hemingway District Eviction Risk: Lower , Oak Park
Tract 17031812400 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,295 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Here is how census tract 17031812400, in the Hemingway District neighborhood of Oak Park eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 4.6/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 3,295. That is riskier than about 26% of US census tracts.
17% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,956 monthly, set against $250,001 in average yearly household income, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,083
Renter share9.9%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8958, -87.7911 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hemingway District scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Oak Park
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,956 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oak Park
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oak Park
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oak Park
4.6
How Hemingway District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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
- 76%Grade B
- 24%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)
- 30Total filings over 13 yrs
- 1.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hemingway District. 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.
- 5.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.9%Food insecurity
- 3.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 3.5%No health insurance
- 10.6%Frequent mental distress
- 16.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hemingway District
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Oak Park 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031812400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031812400?
Census tract 17031812400 in the Hemingway District neighborhood scores 1.8/10 (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 17031812400?
Median gross rent is $1,956/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 17% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031812400?
3.6% of residents in tract 17031812400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,295.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031812400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 26th, minority 37th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 17031812400 considered part of Hemingway District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031812400 fall within Hemingway District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031812400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 13 validated years in tract 17031812400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.59% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031812400 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.1% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031812400 compare to Oak Park overall?
Tract 17031812400 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Oak Park at 4.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oak Park eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031812400 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. 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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Highest-risk tracts in Oak Park
Top eight tracts in Oak Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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3.5
/ 10 · Low
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3.1
/ 10 · Low
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2.9
/ 10 · Low
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Pleasant District
2.9
/ 10 · Low
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2.6
/ 10 · Low
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2.1
/ 10 · Low
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2
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