Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Fowler Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17001010400 · Adams County, IL · pop 3,435 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Fowler
Tract 17001010400 sits in Fowler, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 3,435 residents. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,300
Renter share9.0%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$83,472
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fowler and the region
Centroid at 39.9817, -91.2573 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fowler scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fowler
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,320 rent vs county FMR
8.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fowler
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fowler
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fowler
3.5
How Fowler compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 0%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 8.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 15.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fowler
The voucher gap is 35.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Pulling hardest the other way is tenant-organizing strength at 1/10. On the high side, supply constraint reads 8.5/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Against the Adams County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points.
Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 9% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.4/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 32% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,320, close to the Fowler average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17001010400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17001010400?
Census tract 17001010400 in Fowler scores 3/10 (Lower 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 17001010400?
Median gross rent is $1,320/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17001010400?
7.0% of residents in tract 17001010400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,435.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17001010400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 28th, minority 0th, housing 8th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17001010400 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17001010400 compare to Fowler overall?
Tract 17001010400 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Fowler at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fowler; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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