Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Elmhurst Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17043840600 · DuPage County, IL · pop 4,770 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Elmhurst
Elmhurst in DuPage County is where census tract 17043840600 sits, home to 4,770 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,778 a month while the average household earns $138,125 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,840
Renter share21.6%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$138,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elmhurst and the region
Centroid at 41.9092, -87.9482 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elmhurst scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,778 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elmhurst
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elmhurst
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elmhurst
4.2
How Elmhurst compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 13.4%Frequent mental distress
- 21.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elmhurst
What moves this score most is rent-control risk 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 Elmhurst eviction risk, 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 in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 27th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.6% 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 17043840600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17043840600?
Census tract 17043840600 in Elmhurst scores 1.2/10 (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 17043840600?
Median gross rent is $1,778/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17043840600?
4.5% of residents in tract 17043840600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,770.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17043840600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 71th, minority 32th, housing 47th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17043840600 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17043840600 compare to Elmhurst overall?
Tract 17043840600 scores 1.2/10, 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.
Tract · IL
South Elmhurst
1.7
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
Yorkfield
1.6
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
17043840706
1.6
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
Churchville
1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
South Elmhurst
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
South Elmhurst
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
South Elmhurst
1.1
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
South Elmhurst
1.1
/ 10 · Very Low
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