Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Gardner Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17063000900 · Grundy County, IL · pop 3,652 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Gardner
With a score of 5.1/10, tract 17063000900 in Gardner, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,652 residents. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,317
Renter share19.1%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$80,547
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gardner and the region
Centroid at 41.1799, -88.2921 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gardner scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gardner
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,087 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gardner
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gardner
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gardner
5.2
How Gardner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 31.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gardner
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 2.2/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 3.1/10.
It sits 0.8 points above the Grundy County average of 4.3. Average gross rent is $1,087, 11% above the Gardner average. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $80,547, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 37% of renters.
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 17063000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17063000900?
Census tract 17063000900 in Gardner scores 5.1/10 (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 17063000900?
Median gross rent is $1,087/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17063000900?
12.5% of residents in tract 17063000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,652.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17063000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 46th, minority 29th, housing 37th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17063000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17063000900 compare to Gardner overall?
Tract 17063000900 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Gardner at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gardner; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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