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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Holbrook Eviction Risk: Elevated , Homewood

Tract 17031828802 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,252 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

17031828802 is a census tract in the Holbrook area of Chicago Heights, IL. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,252 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.9/10.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 10% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,097
Renter share17.0%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$71,094

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Holbrook
Elevated
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 9 tracts In Homewood
Low
Within county
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#737 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Moderate
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#851 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Homewood and the region

Centroid at 41.5322, -87.6427 · click any tract to drill in

Why Holbrook scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Homewood
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,248 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Homewood
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Homewood
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Homewood
8.0

How Holbrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Holbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 828802Homewood: 4.74.7Homewoodparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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)

  • 59Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 14.15%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.2%Peak (2015)
  • 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318288022001: 4 filings (8.00/100 renter HHs)2002: 2 filings (4.00/100 renter HHs)2003: 3 filings (6.00/100 renter HHs)2004: 4 filings (8.00/100 renter HHs)2005: 2 filings (25.00/100 renter HHs)2006: 4 filings (50.00/100 renter HHs)2007: 2 filings (25.00/100 renter HHs)2008: 3 filings (37.50/100 renter HHs)2009: 2 filings (25.00/100 renter HHs)2010: 1 filings (1.06/100 renter HHs)2011: 4 filings (2.84/100 renter HHs)2012: 5 filings (3.55/100 renter HHs)2013: 6 filings (4.26/100 renter HHs)2014: 4 filings (2.84/100 renter HHs)2015: 13 filings (9.22/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 225% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Holbrook. 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 Holbrook

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,248, 20% above the Chicago Heights average.

The filing record is not thin: 59 evictions over 15 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2015, when 9.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 14.2% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.3/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 43% of renters. It tracks the Cook County average of 6.1 closely.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $71,094.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031828802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031828802?

Census tract 17031828802 in the Holbrook neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 17031828802?

Median gross rent is $1,248/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031828802?

7.7% of residents in tract 17031828802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,252.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031828802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 55th, minority 82th, housing 37th.
Q5

Is tract 17031828802 considered part of Holbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031828802 fall within Holbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031828802?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 59 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031828802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.15% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031828802 struggle to pay rent?

About 19.4% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031828802 compare to Homewood overall?

Tract 17031828802 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Homewood at 4.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Homewood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Homewood

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

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