Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Pleasant District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Forest Park
Tract 17031816000 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,441 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
17031816000 is a census tract in the Pleasant District area of Forest Park, IL. It scores 5.9/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,441. Cost burden runs 31% here against 45.6% across Cook County.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,698
Renter share49.6%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$91,527
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Forest Park and the region
Centroid at 41.8764, -87.8163 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pleasant District scores 5.9
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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,527 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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
- 52%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 442Total filings over 15 yrs
- 2.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2001)
- 27Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.2%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 20.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pleasant District
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 442 evictions over 15 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,527, 12% above the Forest Park average.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 4.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chicago. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.2/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
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 17031816000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031816000?
Census tract 17031816000 in the Pleasant District neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 17031816000?
Median gross rent is $1,527/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031816000?
10.8% of residents in tract 17031816000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,441.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031816000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 2th, minority 53th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 17031816000 considered part of Pleasant District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031816000 fall within Pleasant District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031816000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 442 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031816000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.95% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031816000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031816000 compare to Forest Park overall?
Tract 17031816000 scores 5.9/10, lower than 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 17031816000 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. 1% 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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