Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Heritage West Eviction Risk: Lower , Batavia
Tract 17089852808 · Kane County, IL · pop 6,832 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 17089852808 covers part of the Heritage West area of Batavia, IL, and scores 3.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,832. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,661
Renter share11.8%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$122,150
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Batavia and the region
Centroid at 41.8303, -88.3287 · click any tract to drill in
Why Heritage West scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Batavia
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,482 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Batavia
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Batavia
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Batavia
5.8
How Heritage West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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
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)
- 36Total filings over 3 yrs
- 2.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2011)
- 15Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 6.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 20.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Heritage West
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Cost burden runs 53% here against 45.5% across Kane County. Food insecurity runs 7.6% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 6.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 36 filings here across 3 tracked years. It sits 0.8 points below the Kane County average of 4.1.
At $1,482 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Batavia commands. The worst year on record was 2011, when 2.8% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17089852808
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089852808?
Census tract 17089852808 in the Heritage West neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 17089852808?
Median gross rent is $1,482/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17089852808?
4.3% of residents in tract 17089852808 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,832.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17089852808?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 30th, minority 18th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 17089852808 considered part of Heritage West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17089852808 fall within Heritage West (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17089852808?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 17089852808 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.82% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17089852808 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17089852808 compare to Batavia overall?
Tract 17089852808 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Batavia at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Batavia; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 17089852808 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 Batavia
Top eight tracts in Batavia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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