Skip to content
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

South Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Aurora

Tract 17089854200 · Kane County, IL · pop 4,670 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 17089854200 covers part of the South Park area of Aurora, IL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,670. SNAP participation runs 39.9% against 15.2% nationally.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 20% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,313
Renter share35.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate25.9%
Median income$58,642

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In South Park
Moderate
Within parent city
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 41 tracts In Aurora
Very High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 104 tracts In Kane County
High
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#1,219 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Aurora and the region

Centroid at 41.7445, -88.3159 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Park scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Aurora
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
25.9% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,227 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Aurora
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Aurora
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Aurora
3.5

How South Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 854200Aurora: 4.04.0Auroraparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 108Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 7.32%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.5%Peak (2009)
  • 25Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2011
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170898542002009: 43 filings (12.50/100 renter HHs)2010: 40 filings (6.56/100 renter HHs)2011: 25 filings (2.89/100 renter HHs)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Park. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Park

The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 2/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

At $1,227 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Aurora commands. Against the Kane County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The filing record is not thin: 108 evictions over 3 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2009, when 12.5% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Aurora. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 7.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17089854200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089854200?

Census tract 17089854200 in the South Park neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 17089854200?

Median gross rent is $1,227/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17089854200?

25.9% of residents in tract 17089854200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,670.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17089854200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 79th, minority 88th, housing 13th.
Q5

Is tract 17089854200 considered part of South Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17089854200 fall within South Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17089854200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 108 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 17089854200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.32% of renter households, peaking at 12.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17089854200 struggle to pay rent?

About 32.7% 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. 19.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17089854200 compare to Aurora overall?

Tract 17089854200 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Aurora at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Aurora eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 17089854200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Aurora

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

Related