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Pleasant District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Forest Park

Tract 17031815900 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,756 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 17031815900 sits in the Pleasant District neighborhood of Forest Park, Illinois. It has a population of 4,756 and an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). 41% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 21% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,328/month against a median household income of $81,146 — roughly 20% 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 30% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,774
Renter share50.5%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$81,146

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank — 33th percentileBottomTop
#3 of 4 tracts In Pleasant District
Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank — 50th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 3 tracts In Forest Park
Moderate
Within county
22 th percentile
Rank — 22th percentileBottomTop
#1,034 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Low
Within state
47 th percentile
Rank — 47th percentileBottomTop
#1,736 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Forest Park and the region

Centroid at 41.8832, -87.8097 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pleasant District scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,328 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Forest Park
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Forest Park
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Forest Park
5.0

How Pleasant District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pleasant District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 815900Forest Park: 5.65.6Forest Parkparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.45.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D — Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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 · 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)

  • 760Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 3.42%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.2%Peak (2008)
  • 38Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 — 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318159002001: 71 filings (4.35/100 renter HHs)2002: 56 filings (3.43/100 renter HHs)2003: 44 filings (2.69/100 renter HHs)2004: 38 filings (2.33/100 renter HHs)2005: 64 filings (4.63/100 renter HHs)2006: 40 filings (2.89/100 renter HHs)2007: 48 filings (3.47/100 renter HHs)2008: 72 filings (5.21/100 renter HHs)2009: 55 filings (3.98/100 renter HHs)2010: 53 filings (3.72/100 renter HHs)2011: 46 filings (3.06/100 renter HHs)2012: 37 filings (2.46/100 renter HHs)2013: 44 filings (2.92/100 renter HHs)2014: 54 filings (3.59/100 renter HHs)2015: 38 filings (2.52/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 46% 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031815900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031815900?

Census tract 17031815900 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 17031815900?

Median gross rent is $1,328/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031815900?

10.8% of residents in tract 17031815900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,756.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031815900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 33th, minority 66th, housing 64th.

Q5

Is tract 17031815900 considered part of Pleasant District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031815900 fall within Pleasant District (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031815900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 760 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031815900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.42% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 17031815900 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.6% 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 17031815900 compare to Forest Park overall?

Tract 17031815900 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 17031815900 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 92% 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 Forest Park

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

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