Census Tract · Ranked #37,857 of 84,120 nationally

Aurora Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17089853900 · Kane County, IL · pop 5,381

Census tract 17089853900 is in Aurora, Illinois. It has a population of 5,381 and an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). 50% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 23% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,674/month against a median household income of $85,300 — roughly 24% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 7% Owners 86%

Tract context

Occupied units2,125

Renter share14.7%

SVI overall0.38

Poverty rate10.0%

Median income$85,300

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Aurora and the region

Centroid at 41.7579, -88.3441 · click any tract to drill in

Why Aurora 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

10.0% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$1,674 rent vs county FMR

4.5

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 Aurora compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 38

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

37%Socioeconomic
36%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
42%Housing & transportation

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.

33%Grade A
40%Grade B
17%Grade C
2%Grade D · redlined

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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

50Total filings over 3 yrs
4.47%Avg annual filing rate
3.2%Peak (2011)
19Filings in 2011 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2009 — 2011

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.

10.8%Housing insecurity
6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
11.8%Food insecurity
9.4%SNAP enrollment
6.8%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
15.9%Frequent mental distress
24.2%Any disability

Frequently asked

About tract 17089853900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089853900?

Census tract 17089853900 in Aurora 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.

What is the average rent in tract 17089853900?

Median gross rent is $1,674/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17089853900?

10.0% of residents in tract 17089853900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,381.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17089853900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 36th, minority 48th, housing 42th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17089853900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 17089853900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.47% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 17089853900 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.8% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17089853900 compare to Aurora overall?

Tract 17089853900 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.

Was tract 17089853900 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. 2% 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.