Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
West Harvey Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 17031826800 · Cook County, IL · pop 4,942 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 7.8/10, tract 17031826800 in the West Harvey area of Dixmoor, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,622
Renter share46.2%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate25.6%
Median income$60,489
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harvey and the region
Centroid at 41.6374, -87.6600 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Harvey scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Harvey
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
25.6% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,164 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harvey
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harvey
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harvey
9.2
How West Harvey compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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
- 21%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)
- 1,099Total filings over 15 yrs
- 12.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.0%Peak (2003)
- 94Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Harvey. 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.
- 28.6%Housing insecurity
- 17.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 36.0%Food insecurity
- 33.2%SNAP enrollment
- 16.1%Transit barriers
- 19.3%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Harvey
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9.2/10. Food insecurity runs 36.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Cost burden runs around a third here against 45.6% across Cook County. Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Court records carry 1,099 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.3% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2003, when 19.0% of renter households were served.
At $1,164 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Dixmoor commands.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031826800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031826800?
Census tract 17031826800 in the West Harvey neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 17031826800?
Median gross rent is $1,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031826800?
25.6% of residents in tract 17031826800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,942.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031826800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 84th, minority 90th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 17031826800 considered part of West Harvey?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031826800 fall within West Harvey (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031826800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,099 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031826800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.92% of renter households, peaking at 19.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031826800 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.6% 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. 17.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031826800 compare to Harvey overall?
Tract 17031826800 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Harvey at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harvey; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031826800 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. 21% 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.
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