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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally

Lavergne Eviction Risk: Moderate , Berwyn

Tract 17031815200 · Cook County, IL · pop 7,542 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 17031815200 runs through the Lavergne area of Berwyn. With 7,542 residents, it scores 5.8/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #26,397 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,220 a month against an average household income of $62,165 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 19% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,484
Renter share41.1%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate9.2%
Median income$62,165

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Lavergne
Very High
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 10 tracts In Berwyn
High
Within county
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#779 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Moderate
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#1,320 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Berwyn and the region

Centroid at 41.8383, -87.7840 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lavergne scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Berwyn
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.2% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,220 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Berwyn
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Berwyn
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Berwyn
6.2

How Lavergne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lavergne risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.34.3This tracttract 815200Berwyn: 5.15.1Berwynparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 442Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 4.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.8%Peak (2008)
  • 34Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318152002001: 32 filings (4.32/100 renter HHs)2002: 32 filings (4.32/100 renter HHs)2003: 22 filings (2.97/100 renter HHs)2004: 16 filings (2.16/100 renter HHs)2005: 23 filings (3.05/100 renter HHs)2006: 20 filings (2.66/100 renter HHs)2007: 28 filings (3.72/100 renter HHs)2008: 44 filings (5.84/100 renter HHs)2009: 32 filings (4.25/100 renter HHs)2010: 34 filings (4.27/100 renter HHs)2011: 24 filings (3.39/100 renter HHs)2012: 39 filings (5.50/100 renter HHs)2013: 31 filings (4.37/100 renter HHs)2014: 31 filings (4.37/100 renter HHs)2015: 34 filings (4.80/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lavergne. 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 Lavergne

The heaviest input here is 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 Berwyn eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 13% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031815200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031815200?

Census tract 17031815200 in the Lavergne neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 17031815200?

Median gross rent is $1,220/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031815200?

9.2% of residents in tract 17031815200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,542.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031815200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 73th, minority 83th, housing 67th.
Q5

Is tract 17031815200 considered part of Lavergne?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031815200 fall within Lavergne (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031815200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 442 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031815200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.00% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031815200 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.9% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031815200 compare to Berwyn overall?

Tract 17031815200 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Berwyn at 5.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Berwyn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 17031815200 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. 13% 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 Berwyn

Top eight tracts in Berwyn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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