Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Rantoul Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17019010204 ·
Champaign County, IL · pop 4,663 · 90% of tract blocks fall in Rantoul
17019010204 is a census tract in Rantoul, IL. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. Against Champaign County at 44.1%, about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%Stable renters 20%Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,028
Renter share26.6%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$54,773
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50th percentile
#2 of 3 tracts In Rantoul
Moderate
Within county
43th percentile
#28 of 48 tracts In Champaign County
Moderate
Within state
65th percentile
#1,130 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
National
73th percentile
#22,681 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rantoul and the region
Centroid at 40.3023, -88.1686 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rantoul scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Rantoul
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$744 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rantoul
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rantoul
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rantoul
5.9
How Rantoul compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
16.7%Housing insecurity
10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
21.0%Food insecurity
20.2%SNAP enrollment
10.4%Transit barriers
12.2%No health insurance
17.8%Frequent mental distress
33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rantoul
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $744 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Rantoul commands.
On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $54,773, annual rent is just 16%.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Champaign County average of 5.8 closely.
27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17019010204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17019010204?
Census tract 17019010204 in Rantoul scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 17019010204?
Median gross rent is $744/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17019010204?
20.1% of residents in tract 17019010204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,663.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17019010204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 78th, minority 62th, housing 74th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17019010204 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.7% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17019010204 compare to Rantoul overall?
Tract 17019010204 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Rantoul at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rantoul; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Rantoul
Top eight tracts in Rantoul ranked by composite eviction-risk score.