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Neighborhood · Elgin, IL

College Green Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 5,783 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10 · range 5.4–5.4

College Green maps to a single census tract in Elgin, IL, population 5,783. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, Moderate tier. Against a Elgin baseline of 29.5%, 63% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.4/10. The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10.

The poverty rate is 25%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $1,130 a month, rents sit 17% under what the rest of Elgin commands.

The filing record is not thin: 93 evictions logged in this tract. SNAP participation is 25.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

Food insecurity affects 26.9% of adults, 9.1 points above the national rate. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 4.2% of renter households. That places it #1 of 16 neighborhoods in Elgin.

Judgments average 2.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Columbia Park and Elgin Historic District score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.

One tract means one number: 5.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
College Green vs Elgin How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
62.8% +113%
Elgin: 29.5%
Average gross rent
$1,130 -17%
Elgin: $1,361
Average HH income
$73,721 -17%
Elgin: $88,316
Poverty rate
25.0% +140%
Elgin: 10.4%
Renter share
34.7% +24%
Elgin: 28.1%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across College Green and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.4–5.4

Why College Green scores 5.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 4.8–4.8 across tracts
4.8
Rent control risk
63% of income on rent · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
35% renter households · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Economic stress
25.0% below poverty line · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts
6.3
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.4–1.4 across tracts
1.4
Risk score comparison

College Green vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

College Green score vs. parent city, state, U.S.College Green: 5.45.4College GreenNeighborhoodParent city: 4.04.0Parent cityhost cityState: 5.15.1Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in College Green

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
17089854900 5.4 5,783 63% $1,130
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 97

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 90%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 79%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 75%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 99%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in College Green

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 93Total filings (sum)
  • 3.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.2%Peak year (2011)
  • 4.24%Latest filed (2011)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in College Green

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About College Green

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for College Green?

College Green scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does College Green compare to Elgin overall?

College Green scores 1.4 points higher than Elgin overall (4/10). Renters spend 63% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,130 vs $1,361.
Q3

What is the average rent in College Green?

Average gross rent in College Green is $1,130/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of College Green residents are renters?

35% of College Green households are renter-occupied (vs 28% in Elgin). The neighborhood has 5,783 residents.
Q5

Is College Green a high social-vulnerability area?

College Green sits in the 97th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is College Green for landlords?

College Green carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Elgin as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of College Green?

College Green has 5,669 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (51.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (35.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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