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Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

West Chicago Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 17043841312 · DuPage County, IL · pop 3,495 · 86% of tract blocks fall in West Chicago

17043841312 is a census tract in West Chicago, IL. It scores 7.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,495. The severe-burden share is 50%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 13% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,227
Renter share30.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$81,442

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 8 tracts In West Chicago
Very High
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 219 tracts In DuPage County
Very High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#476 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
National
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#11,153 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Chicago and the region

Centroid at 41.9091, -88.2355 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Chicago scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West Chicago
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,336 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Chicago
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Chicago
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Chicago
7.0

How West Chicago compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Chicago risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.37.3This tracttract 841312West Chicago: 5.95.9West Chicagoparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Chicago

Against the DuPage County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.9 points. Cost burden runs 57% here against 41.4% across DuPage County. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.1/10.

The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7/10.

Average gross rent is $1,336, 9% below the West Chicago average. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 7.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $81,442. 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 17043841312

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17043841312?

Census tract 17043841312 in West Chicago scores 7.3/10 (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 17043841312?

Median gross rent is $1,336/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17043841312?

23.0% of residents in tract 17043841312 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,495.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17043841312?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 36th, minority 75th, housing 55th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17043841312 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.9% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17043841312 compare to West Chicago overall?

Tract 17043841312 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of West Chicago at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Chicago eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in West Chicago

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

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