Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Willowbrook Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17043845502 · DuPage County, IL · pop 5,206 · 43% of tract blocks fall in Willowbrook
Census tract 17043845502 belongs to Willowbrook in DuPage County, Illinois. It is home to 5,206 residents and scores $1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 39th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,541 a month against an average household income of $75,588 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,578
Renter share53.5%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$75,588
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Willowbrook and the region
Centroid at 41.7818, -87.9544 · click any tract to drill in
Why Willowbrook scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Willowbrook
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,541 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Willowbrook
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Willowbrook
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Willowbrook
3.8
How Willowbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 21.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Willowbrook
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Willowbrook, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the DuPage County average of 5.2 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 42nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17043845502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17043845502?
Census tract 17043845502 in Willowbrook scores 2.6/10 (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 17043845502?
Median gross rent is $1,541/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17043845502?
9.0% of residents in tract 17043845502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,206.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17043845502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 22th, minority 50th, housing 45th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17043845502 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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 17043845502 compare to Willowbrook overall?
Tract 17043845502 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Willowbrook at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Willowbrook; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Willowbrook
Top eight tracts in Willowbrook ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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