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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Indian Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chicago Heights

Tract 17031829302 · Cook County, IL · pop 3,291 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 17031829302 covers part of the Indian Hill area of Chicago Heights, IL, and scores 7.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,291 residents. SNAP participation runs 44.9% against 15.2% nationally.

Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 32% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,005
Renter share61.6%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate37.9%
Median income$51,725

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 11 tracts In Indian Hill
Very High
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 9 tracts In Chicago Heights
High
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#394 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Elevated
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#402 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Chicago Heights and the region

Centroid at 41.5049, -87.6663 · 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
37.9% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$1,223 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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: 7.67.6This tracttract 829302Chicago Heights: 6.26.2Chicago Heightsparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 987Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 9.32%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.0%Peak (2007)
  • 58Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318293022001: 51 filings (6.85/100 renter HHs)2002: 55 filings (7.38/100 renter HHs)2003: 60 filings (8.05/100 renter HHs)2004: 60 filings (8.05/100 renter HHs)2005: 71 filings (11.66/100 renter HHs)2006: 83 filings (13.63/100 renter HHs)2007: 85 filings (13.96/100 renter HHs)2008: 79 filings (12.97/100 renter HHs)2009: 78 filings (12.81/100 renter HHs)2010: 66 filings (9.04/100 renter HHs)2011: 73 filings (8.63/100 renter HHs)2012: 52 filings (6.15/100 renter HHs)2013: 45 filings (5.32/100 renter HHs)2014: 71 filings (8.39/100 renter HHs)2015: 58 filings (6.86/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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

Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.5/10.

The poverty rate is 38%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Housing insecurity runs 33.5% against 14.2% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.

Against the Cook County average of 6.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8/10. At $1,223 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Chicago Heights commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 987 filings here across 15 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2007 at 14.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 9.3% of renter households face a filing.

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 17031829302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031829302?

Census tract 17031829302 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 17031829302?

Median gross rent is $1,223/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031829302?

37.9% of residents in tract 17031829302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,291.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031829302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 70th, minority 90th, housing 85th.
Q5

Is tract 17031829302 considered part of Indian Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031829302 fall within Indian Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031829302?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 987 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031829302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.32% of renter households, peaking at 14.0% in 2007. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17031829302 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.5% 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. 22.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17031829302 compare to Chicago Heights overall?

Tract 17031829302 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.

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