Indian Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago Heights
Tract 17031828900 ·
Cook County, IL · pop 3,769 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 17031828900 covers part of the Indian Hill area of Chicago Heights, IL, and scores 7.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,769 residents. Food insecurity runs 39.0% against 17.8% nationally.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%Stable renters 33%Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,233
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate30.5%
Median income$58,189
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#6 of 11 tracts In Indian Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
88th percentile
#2 of 9 tracts In Chicago Heights
High
Within county
71th percentile
#390 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
88th percentile
#402 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chicago Heights and the region
Centroid at 41.5162, -87.6350 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indian Hill scores 7.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Chicago Heights
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
30.5% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,048 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chicago Heights
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chicago Heights
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chicago Heights
8.0
How Indian Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
90%Socioeconomic
59%Household composition
89%Racial/ethnic minority
67%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)
442Total filings over 15 yrs
4.84%Avg annual filing rate
6.8%Peak (2001)
28Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year2001 to 2015
Filings dropped 30% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Indian Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
30.6%Housing insecurity
19.0%Utility-shutoff threat
39.0%Food insecurity
36.8%SNAP enrollment
17.7%Transit barriers
21.4%No health insurance
18.5%Frequent mental distress
35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indian Hill
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against Cook County at 45.6%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened.
Housing insecurity runs 30.6% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Cook County average of 6.1. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10.
Court records carry 442 eviction filings across 15 observed years. Filings peaked in 2001 at 6.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #9,927 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.5 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17031828900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031828900?
Census tract 17031828900 in the Indian Hill neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 17031828900?
Median gross rent is $1,048/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17031828900?
30.5% of residents in tract 17031828900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,769.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17031828900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 59th, minority 89th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 17031828900 considered part of Indian Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031828900 fall within Indian Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031828900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 442 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031828900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.84% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17031828900 struggle to pay rent?
About 30.6% 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. 19.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17031828900 compare to Chicago Heights overall?
Tract 17031828900 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Chicago Heights at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chicago eviction risk Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chicago Heights
Top eight tracts in Chicago Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.