Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Champaign
Tract 17019000700 · Champaign County, IL · pop 3,732 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 17019000700 sits in the Downtown area of Champaign eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,459
Renter share58.1%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate24.8%
Median income$48,048
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
85
th percentile
High
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Champaign and the region
Centroid at 40.1288, -88.2464 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 7.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Champaign
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
24.8% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$887 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Champaign
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Champaign
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Champaign
8.3
How Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%Housing & transportation
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.
- 27.0%Housing insecurity
- 17.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.7%Food insecurity
- 34.4%SNAP enrollment
- 16.8%Transit barriers
- 18.3%No health insurance
- 20.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Champaign County average of 44.1%. SNAP participation runs 34.4% against 15.2% nationally.
It sits 1.9 points above the Champaign County average of 5.8. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.3/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.1/10.
The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $887 a month, rents run 21% under what the rest of Champaign commands.
Adults with no health insurance runs 18.3% against 11.3% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.6 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $48,048.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17019000700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17019000700?
Census tract 17019000700 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (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 17019000700?
Median gross rent is $887/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17019000700?
24.8% of residents in tract 17019000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,732.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17019000700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 78th, minority 75th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 17019000700 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17019000700 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17019000700 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.0% 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. 17.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17019000700 compare to Champaign overall?
Tract 17019000700 scores 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Champaign at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Champaign eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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