Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Zeigler Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17055040400 · Franklin County, IL · pop 3,599 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Zeigler
Tract 17055040400 sits in Zeigler, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Population here is 3,599. 22% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Franklin County average of 38.2%.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,679
Renter share25.7%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate12.2%
Median income$52,637
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Zeigler and the region
Centroid at 37.9092, -89.0840 · click any tract to drill in
Why Zeigler scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Zeigler
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.6
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
12.2% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$796 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Zeigler
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Zeigler
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Zeigler
6.6
How Zeigler compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 16.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Zeigler
The clearest offset is regional political climate at 2.6/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 3.1/10.
At $796 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Zeigler commands. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Zeigler as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $52,637.
26% 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 17055040400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17055040400?
Census tract 17055040400 in Zeigler scores 4/10 (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 17055040400?
Median gross rent is $796/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17055040400?
12.2% of residents in tract 17055040400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,599.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17055040400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 57th, minority 6th, housing 56th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17055040400 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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 17055040400 compare to Zeigler overall?
Tract 17055040400 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Zeigler at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Zeigler; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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