Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Bernice Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lansing
Tract 17031828000 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,119 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 17031828000 sits in the Bernice area of Lansing, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. Population here is 5,119. Against Cook County at 45.6%, about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,049
Renter share38.4%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$67,939
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lansing and the region
Centroid at 41.5734, -87.5418 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bernice scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lansing
7.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,171 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lansing
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lansing
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lansing
6.7
How Bernice compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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
- 0%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)
- 276Total filings over 15 yrs
- 3.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2014)
- 25Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bernice. 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.
- 16.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.7%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bernice
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.5/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.8/10.
The filing record is not thin: 276 evictions over 15 years of observation. Severe burden reaches 8%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 7.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Lake Co. Gary. 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 3.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10.
It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely. Average gross rent is $1,171, close to the Lansing average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $67,939.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031828000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031828000?
Census tract 17031828000 in the Bernice neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 17031828000?
Median gross rent is $1,171/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031828000?
6.1% of residents in tract 17031828000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,119.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031828000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 52th, minority 75th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 17031828000 considered part of Bernice?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031828000 fall within Bernice (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031828000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 276 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031828000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.92% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031828000 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.2% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031828000 compare to Lansing overall?
Tract 17031828000 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Lansing at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lansing; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17031828000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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 Lansing
Top eight tracts in Lansing ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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