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South Elmhurst Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17043843800 · DuPage County, IL · pop 3,381 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

In South Elmhurst in Elmhurst, census tract 17043843800 scores 4.5/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 23rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

15% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,857 monthly, set against $113,476 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 25% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,416
Renter share29.0%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$113,476

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In South Elmhurst
Very High
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 6 tracts In Elmhurst
Low
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#102 of 219 tracts In DuPage County
Moderate
Within state
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#2,708 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Elmhurst and the region

Centroid at 41.8842, -87.9681 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Elmhurst scores 1.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Elmhurst
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,857 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elmhurst
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elmhurst
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elmhurst
3.6

How South Elmhurst compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Elmhurst risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.81.8This tracttract 843800Elmhurst: 4.54.5Elmhurstparent cityCounty: 1.91.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Elmhurst. 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 South Elmhurst

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Elmhurst eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17043843800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17043843800?

Census tract 17043843800 in the South Elmhurst neighborhood scores 1.8/10 (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 17043843800?

Median gross rent is $1,857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17043843800?

7.0% of residents in tract 17043843800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,381.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17043843800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 5th, minority 26th, housing 22th.
Q5

Is tract 17043843800 considered part of South Elmhurst?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17043843800 fall within South Elmhurst (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17043843800 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17043843800 compare to Elmhurst overall?

Tract 17043843800 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of Elmhurst at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elmhurst eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Elmhurst

Top eight tracts in Elmhurst ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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