Within parent city
62
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Wheaton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17043842605 · DuPage County, IL · pop 3,535 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Wheaton
In Wheaton, census tract 17043842605 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 39th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,555 monthly, set against $103,333 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 14% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,508
Renter share13.6%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$103,333
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wheaton and the region
Centroid at 41.8548, -88.1219 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wheaton scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,555 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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.
- 7.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 21.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wheaton
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.1/10. 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 Wheaton 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 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 11th 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 7.2% 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 17043842605
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17043842605?
Census tract 17043842605 in Wheaton scores 1.9/10 (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 17043842605?
Median gross rent is $1,555/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17043842605?
5.9% of residents in tract 17043842605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,535.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17043842605?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 42th, minority 36th, housing 13th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17043842605 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.2% 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 17043842605 compare to Wheaton overall?
Tract 17043842605 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Wheaton at 4.3/10. 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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17043842604
2.7
/ 10 · Low
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17043842400
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
Jewell Road
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
Foxcroft
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17043841902
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17043841801
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
Foxcroft
1.6
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
17043842500
1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
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