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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

West Harvey Eviction Risk: High

Tract 17031827400 · Cook County, IL · pop 2,781 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

With a score of 8/10, tract 17031827400 in the West Harvey area of Harvey, IL reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,781. 51% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 16% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,142
Renter share43.8%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$34,492

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 6 tracts In West Harvey
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Harvey
Low
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#302 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
High
Within state
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#280 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Harvey and the region

Centroid at 41.6054, -87.6660 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Harvey scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harvey
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harvey
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harvey
8.6

How West Harvey compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Harvey risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.08.0This tracttract 827400Harvey: 6.66.6Harveyparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

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)

  • 1,087Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 9.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.7%Peak (2001)
  • 41Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318274002001: 122 filings (16.67/100 renter HHs)2002: 109 filings (14.89/100 renter HHs)2003: 88 filings (12.02/100 renter HHs)2004: 82 filings (11.20/100 renter HHs)2005: 72 filings (10.05/100 renter HHs)2006: 66 filings (9.22/100 renter HHs)2007: 67 filings (9.36/100 renter HHs)2008: 89 filings (12.43/100 renter HHs)2009: 63 filings (8.80/100 renter HHs)2010: 76 filings (9.11/100 renter HHs)2011: 75 filings (7.32/100 renter HHs)2012: 39 filings (3.80/100 renter HHs)2013: 53 filings (5.17/100 renter HHs)2014: 45 filings (4.39/100 renter HHs)2015: 41 filings (4.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 66% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Harvey

Against Cook County at 45.6%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened. SNAP participation runs 44.3% against 15.2% nationally.

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10.

It sits 1.9 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

The filing record is not thin: 1,087 evictions over 15 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2001 at 16.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.2% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.9/10.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17031827400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031827400?

Census tract 17031827400 in the West Harvey neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 poverty rate in tract 17031827400?

20.5% of residents in tract 17031827400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,781.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031827400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 96th, minority 97th, housing 99th.
Q4

Is tract 17031827400 considered part of West Harvey?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031827400 fall within West Harvey (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031827400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,087 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031827400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.23% of renter households, peaking at 16.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 17031827400 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.6% 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. 21.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17031827400 compare to Harvey overall?

Tract 17031827400 scores 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Harvey

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

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