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Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally

Indian Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago Heights

Tract 17031829000 · Cook County, IL · pop 1,034 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 17031829000, home to 1,034 residents in Indian Hill in Chicago Heights, scores 6.7/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 91% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $449 a month. About 79% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 37% Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units342
Renter share79.2%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate55.2%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 11 tracts In Indian Hill
High
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 9 tracts In Chicago Heights
Elevated
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#187 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#190 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5103, -87.6235 · click any tract to drill in

Why Indian Hill scores 6.6

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
55.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$449 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.
Indian Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.66.6This tracttract 829000Chicago Heights: 5.35.3Chicago Heightsparent cityCounty: 4.54.5Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 83

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)

  • 495Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 9.11%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.9%Peak (2001)
  • 36Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318290002001: 59 filings (12.94/100 renter HHs)2002: 49 filings (10.75/100 renter HHs)2003: 35 filings (7.68/100 renter HHs)2004: 50 filings (10.96/100 renter HHs)2005: 36 filings (12.29/100 renter HHs)2006: 27 filings (9.22/100 renter HHs)2007: 24 filings (8.19/100 renter HHs)2008: 24 filings (8.19/100 renter HHs)2009: 25 filings (8.53/100 renter HHs)2010: 27 filings (8.88/100 renter HHs)2011: 23 filings (6.46/100 renter HHs)2012: 34 filings (9.55/100 renter HHs)2013: 24 filings (6.74/100 renter HHs)2014: 22 filings (6.18/100 renter HHs)2015: 36 filings (10.11/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 39% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Indian Hill. 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 Indian Hill

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Chicago eviction risk Heights, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cook County average of 5.7 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 42.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 32.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 17031829000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031829000?

Census tract 17031829000 in the Indian Hill neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 17031829000?

Median gross rent is $449/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031829000?

55.2% of residents in tract 17031829000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,034.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031829000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 75th, minority 99th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 17031829000 considered part of Indian Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031829000 fall within Indian Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031829000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 495 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031829000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.11% of renter households, peaking at 12.9% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031829000 struggle to pay rent?

About 42.1% 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. 32.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031829000 compare to Chicago Heights overall?

Tract 17031829000 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Chicago Heights at 5.3/10. 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.

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