Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Greenwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Dolton
Tract 17031826304 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,947 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 17031826304 covers part of the Greenwood area of Dolton, IL, and scores 7.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,947 residents. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,264
Renter share41.5%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate16.9%
Median income$57,386
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dolton and the region
Centroid at 41.6181, -87.5825 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenwood scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dolton
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
16.9% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,220 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dolton
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dolton
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dolton
8.7
How Greenwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%Housing & transportation
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)
- 432Total filings over 15 yrs
- 5.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2012)
- 33Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Greenwood. 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.
- 25.4%Housing insecurity
- 17.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.3%Food insecurity
- 31.3%SNAP enrollment
- 14.3%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greenwood
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.7/10. SNAP participation runs 31.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Food insecurity runs 30.3% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 432 evictions over 15 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,220, 12% below the Dolton average. Filings peaked in 2012 at 7.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 8.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031826304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031826304?
Census tract 17031826304 in the Greenwood neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 17031826304?
Median gross rent is $1,220/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031826304?
16.9% of residents in tract 17031826304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,947.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031826304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 56th, minority 93th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 17031826304 considered part of Greenwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031826304 fall within Greenwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031826304?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 432 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031826304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.05% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031826304 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.4% 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. 17.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031826304 compare to Dolton overall?
Tract 17031826304 scores 7.5/10, higher than the parent city of Dolton at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dolton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dolton
Top eight tracts in Dolton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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