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Fieldstone Eviction Risk: Moderate , Elgin

Tract 17031804406 · Cook County, IL · pop 5,798 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 17031804406 sits in the Fieldstone neighborhood of Elgin, Illinois. It has a population of 5,798 and an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10 (Moderate tier). 35% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 32% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,846/month against a median household income of $73,024 — roughly 30% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 7% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,837
Renter share10.7%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$73,024

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank — 50th percentileBottomTop
#2 of 3 tracts In Fieldstone
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank — 33th percentileBottomTop
#17 of 25 tracts In Elgin
Low
Within county
7 th percentile
Rank — 7th percentileBottomTop
#1,232 of 1,331 tracts In Cook County
Very Low
Within state
22 th percentile
Rank — 22th percentileBottomTop
#2,543 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Elgin and the region

Centroid at 42.0175, -88.2562 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fieldstone scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Elgin
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.5
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,846 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elgin
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elgin
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elgin
3.5

How Fieldstone compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fieldstone risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 804406Elgin: 4.44.4Elginparent cityCounty: 5.75.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.45.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

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

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)

  • 259Total filings over 15 yrs
  • 4.62%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak (2009)
  • 25Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2001 — 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 170318044062001: 14 filings (2.49/100 renter HHs)2002: 13 filings (2.31/100 renter HHs)2003: 7 filings (1.25/100 renter HHs)2004: 14 filings (2.49/100 renter HHs)2005: 11 filings (2.24/100 renter HHs)2006: 19 filings (3.87/100 renter HHs)2007: 17 filings (3.46/100 renter HHs)2008: 14 filings (2.85/100 renter HHs)2009: 32 filings (6.52/100 renter HHs)2010: 16 filings (8.12/100 renter HHs)2011: 10 filings (3.30/100 renter HHs)2012: 27 filings (8.91/100 renter HHs)2013: 19 filings (6.27/100 renter HHs)2014: 21 filings (6.93/100 renter HHs)2015: 25 filings (8.25/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 79% over the past 15 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fieldstone. 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 17031804406

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17031804406?

Census tract 17031804406 in the Fieldstone neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 17031804406?

Median gross rent is $1,846/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17031804406?

18.4% of residents in tract 17031804406 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,798.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17031804406?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 58th, minority 83th, housing 56th.

Q5

Is tract 17031804406 considered part of Fieldstone?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17031804406 fall within Fieldstone (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17031804406?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 259 eviction filings across 15 validated years in tract 17031804406 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.62% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

What share of households in tract 17031804406 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.2% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q8

How does tract 17031804406 compare to Elgin overall?

Tract 17031804406 scores 4.7/10 — higher than the parent city of Elgin at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elgin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Elgin

Top eight tracts in Elgin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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