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Census Tract · Ranked #56,146 of 84,120 nationally

Wheaton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17043842602 · DuPage County, IL · pop 4,049 · 52% of tract blocks fall in Wheaton

Census tract 17043842602 is in Wheaton, Illinois. It has a population of 4,049 and an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10 (Moderate tier).

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 45% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units1,472
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate0.9%
Median income$240,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank — 23th percentileBottomTop
#11 of 14 tracts In Wheaton
Low
Within county
28 th percentile
Rank — 28th percentileBottomTop
#159 of 219 tracts In DuPage County
Low
Within state
26 th percentile
Rank — 26th percentileBottomTop
#2,428 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
National
33 th percentile
Rank — 33th percentileBottomTop
#56,146 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wheaton and the region

Centroid at 41.8450, -88.1161 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wheaton scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wheaton
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
0.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wheaton
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wheaton
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wheaton
4.3

How Wheaton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wheaton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.84.8This tracttract 842602Wheaton: 5.35.3Wheatonparent cityCounty: 5.25.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.45.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 17043842602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17043842602?

Census tract 17043842602 in Wheaton scores 4.8/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 17043842602?

0.9% of residents in tract 17043842602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,049.

Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 17043842602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 22th, minority 19th, housing 3th.

Q4

What share of households in tract 17043842602 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.7% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q5

How does tract 17043842602 compare to Wheaton overall?

Tract 17043842602 scores 4.8/10 — lower than the parent city of Wheaton at 5.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wheaton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wheaton

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

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