Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,101 of 84,120 nationally
Pleasant District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Forest Park
Tract 17031812801 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,398 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 17031812801 sits in the Pleasant District neighborhood of Forest Park, Illinois. It has a population of 3,398 and an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). 36% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 14% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,393/month against a median household income of $72,987 — roughly 23% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,884
Renter share58.8%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$72,987
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Forest Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8832, -87.8024 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pleasant District scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Forest Park
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,393 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Forest Park
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Forest Park
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Forest Park
4.6
How Pleasant District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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
- 95%Grade C
- 5%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 383Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2003)
- 29Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 164% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Pleasant 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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 12.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About tract 17031812801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031812801?
Census tract 17031812801 in the Pleasant District neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 17031812801?
Median gross rent is $1,393/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031812801?
13.1% of residents in tract 17031812801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,398.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031812801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 28th, minority 62th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 17031812801 considered part of Pleasant District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031812801 fall within Pleasant District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031812801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 383 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031812801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.89% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031812801 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031812801 compare to Forest Park overall?
Tract 17031812801 scores 5.3/10 — lower than the parent city of Forest Park at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Forest Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031812801 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. 5% 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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5.5
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5.5
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