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South Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Aurora

Tract 17089854401 · Kane County, IL · pop 2,080 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 17089854401 sits in the South Park neighborhood of Aurora, Illinois. It has a population of 2,080 and an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). 39% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 17% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,324/month against a median household income of $65,089 — roughly 24% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 22% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units696
Renter share35.8%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$65,089

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#3 of 3 tracts In South Park
Very Low
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank — 33th percentileBottomTop
#3 of 4 tracts In Aurora
Low
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank — 53th percentileBottomTop
#49 of 104 tracts In Kane County
Moderate
Within state
52 th percentile
Rank — 52th percentileBottomTop
#1,553 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Aurora and the region

Centroid at 41.7282, -88.3008 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Park scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Aurora
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,324 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Aurora
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Aurora
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Aurora
5.4

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 854401Aurora: 4.54.5Auroraparent cityCounty: 5.35.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.45.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D — Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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.

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 17089854401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089854401?

Census tract 17089854401 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 17089854401?

Median gross rent is $1,324/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17089854401?

6.7% of residents in tract 17089854401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,080.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17089854401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 86th, minority 82th, housing 92th.

Q5

Is tract 17089854401 considered part of South Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17089854401 fall within South Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

Q6

What share of households in tract 17089854401 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.3% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q7

How does tract 17089854401 compare to Aurora overall?

Tract 17089854401 scores 5.4/10 — higher than the parent city of Aurora at 4.5/10. 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.

Q8

Was tract 17089854401 historically redlined?

Yes — this tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 31% 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.

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