Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
Ridgeland Eviction Risk: Elevated , Oak Park
Tract 17031812500 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,427 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
17031812500 is a census tract in the Ridgeland area of Oak Park, IL. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,427. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.3/10.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,645
Renter share57.0%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$71,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
92
th percentile
Very High
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oak Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8914, -87.7807 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ridgeland scores 6.5
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
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,107 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Ridgeland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 59%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
- 5%Grade B
- 91%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)
- 387Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2012)
- 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ridgeland. 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.
- 12.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.4%Food insecurity
- 12.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ridgeland
Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $1,107 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Oak Park commands. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 387 filings here across 15 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 3.8% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 2.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #15,451 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. 49% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031812500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031812500?
Census tract 17031812500 in the Ridgeland neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 17031812500?
Median gross rent is $1,107/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031812500?
12.0% of residents in tract 17031812500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,427.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031812500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 31th, minority 59th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 17031812500 considered part of Ridgeland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031812500 fall within Ridgeland (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031812500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 387 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031812500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.69% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031812500 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.5% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031812500 compare to Oak Park overall?
Tract 17031812500 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of Oak Park at 6.2/10. 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 17031812500 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 Oak Park
Top eight tracts in Oak Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Pleasant District
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Ridgeland
5.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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Pleasant District
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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Hemingway District
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Downtown
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
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