Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Benton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17055040600 · Franklin County, IL · pop 2,729 · 64% of tract blocks fall in Benton
For landlords sizing up Benton, census tract 17055040600 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $731 monthly, set against $54,929 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,180
Renter share36.7%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$54,929
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
78
th percentile
High
National
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Benton and the region
Centroid at 38.0043, -88.9456 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benton scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Benton
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.6
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$731 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Benton
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Benton
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Benton
7.3
How Benton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benton
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 Benton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Franklin County average of 5.4 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 68th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% 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 17055040600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17055040600?
Census tract 17055040600 in Benton scores 5.3/10 (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 average rent in tract 17055040600?
Median gross rent is $731/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17055040600?
18.8% of residents in tract 17055040600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,729.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17055040600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 65th, minority 6th, housing 82th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17055040600 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17055040600 compare to Benton overall?
Tract 17055040600 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Benton at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Benton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Benton
Top eight tracts in Benton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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