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Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Edelweiss in the Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Palos Hills

Tract 17031823803 · Cook County, IL · pop 7,186 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 17031823803 covers part of the Edelweiss in the Park area of Palos Hills, IL, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.9 points.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 4% Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,608
Renter share6.8%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$93,951

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Edelweiss in the Park
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Palos Hills
Moderate
Within county
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#1,102 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#2,016 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Palos Hills and the region

Centroid at 41.6989, -87.8279 · click any tract to drill in

Why Edelweiss in the Park scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Palos Hills
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,606 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Palos Hills
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Palos Hills
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Palos Hills
5.7

How Edelweiss in the Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Edelweiss in the Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 823803Palos Hills: 4.64.6Palos Hillsparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

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

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)

  • 170Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 4.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.4%Peak (2015)
  • 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318238032001: 8 filings (3.24/100 renter HHs)2002: 3 filings (1.21/100 renter HHs)2003: 7 filings (2.83/100 renter HHs)2004: 11 filings (4.45/100 renter HHs)2005: 13 filings (5.68/100 renter HHs)2006: 8 filings (3.49/100 renter HHs)2007: 12 filings (5.24/100 renter HHs)2008: 7 filings (3.06/100 renter HHs)2009: 16 filings (6.99/100 renter HHs)2010: 15 filings (5.54/100 renter HHs)2011: 15 filings (6.55/100 renter HHs)2012: 10 filings (4.37/100 renter HHs)2013: 16 filings (6.99/100 renter HHs)2014: 12 filings (5.24/100 renter HHs)2015: 17 filings (7.42/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 113% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Edelweiss in the Park. 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 Edelweiss in the Park

At $1,606 a month, rents run 27% over what the rest of Palos Hills commands. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 7.8/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.5/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 170 filings here across 15 tracked years. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.9/10.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 7.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 7.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031823803

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031823803?

Census tract 17031823803 in the Edelweiss in the Park neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 17031823803?

Median gross rent is $1,606/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031823803?

11.8% of residents in tract 17031823803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,186.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031823803?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 92th, minority 18th, housing 69th.
Q5

Is tract 17031823803 considered part of Edelweiss in the Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031823803 fall within Edelweiss in the Park (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031823803?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 170 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031823803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.82% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031823803 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.8% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031823803 compare to Palos Hills overall?

Tract 17031823803 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of Palos Hills at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palos Hills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Palos Hills

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

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