7 census tracts · pop 31,969 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10
· range 4.6–5.4
Elgin Historic District is a 7-tract neighborhood of Elgin, IL and houses 31,969 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.1/10, in the Moderate tier. 45% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Elgin rate of 29.5%.
28% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure, at 2/10. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2.2/10.
CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 24.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Court records carry 465 eviction filings across its 7 observed tracts.
SNAP participation is 25.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2011, when filings touched 10.3% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,255, 8% below the Elgin average of $1,361. Among the 16 mapped neighborhoods of Elgin, it ranks #4 by risk, the upper third.
Judgments average 2.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Against average income of $75,816, annual rent is only 20%, a wide affordability cushion. The 7 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.8 points apart at the extremes.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
7 tracts · population-weighted
Elgin Historic District vs ElginHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority82%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport56%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Elgin Historic District
Aggregated across 7 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
465Total filings (sum)
3.35%Avg annual filing rate
10.3%Peak year (2011)
3.31%Latest filed (2011)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Elgin Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
24.0%Housing insecurity
13.1%Utility shutoff threat
29.7%Food insecurity
25.1%SNAP enrollment
24.2%No health insurance
33.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Elgin Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Elgin Historic District?
Elgin Historic District scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 7 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 Elgin Historic District compare to Elgin overall?
Elgin Historic District scores 1.1 points higher than Elgin overall (4/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,255 vs $1,361.
Q3
What is the average rent in Elgin Historic District?
Average gross rent in Elgin eviction risk Historic District is $1,255/month (pop-weighted across 7 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Elgin Historic District residents are renters?
42% of Elgin Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 28% in Elgin). The neighborhood has 31,969 residents.
Q5
Is Elgin Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Elgin Historic District sits in the 78th 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
Which tracts in Elgin Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Elgin Historic District is census tract 17089851400 (score 5.4/10). Across the 7 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.6 to 5.4, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Elgin Historic District for landlords?
Elgin eviction risk Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). Pop-weighted across 7 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Elgin Historic District?
Elgin Historic District has 32,187 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (69.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (21.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (3.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
