Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Pleasant District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Forest Park
Tract 17031815900 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 4,756 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 17031815900 sits in the Pleasant District area of Forest Park, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
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
67th percentile
#2 of 4 tracts In Pleasant District
Elevated
Within parent city
50th percentile
#2 of 3 tracts In Forest Park
Moderate
Within county
49th percentile
#686 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Moderate
Within state
75th percentile
#802 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
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 6.2
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.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
31%Socioeconomic
33%Household composition
66%Racial/ethnic minority
64%Housing & transportation
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.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
92%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)
760Total filings over 15 yrs
3.42%Avg annual filing rate
5.2%Peak (2008)
38Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings dropped 46% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Pleasant District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
12.6%Housing insecurity
7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
13.6%Food insecurity
11.6%SNAP enrollment
7.1%Transit barriers
6.8%No health insurance
13.9%Frequent mental distress
22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pleasant District
The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Cook County average of 45.6%. Court records carry 760 eviction filings across 15 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2008 at 5.2% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 3.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #17,132 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely. Average gross rent is $1,328, close to the Forest Park average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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 6.2/10 (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 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 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Forest Park at 6.3/10. 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.