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Neighborhood · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally

Waterford Eviction Risk: Lower , Elgin

Tract 17089851913 · Kane County, IL · pop 5,219 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 17089851913 covers the Waterford area of Elgin in Illinois. Home to 5,219 residents, it scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 43% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 77% of renter households, a severe level, and 51% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $116,821 a year. Renters make up 4% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 1% Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units2,115
Renter share4.4%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate0.6%
Median income$116,821

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Waterford
Moderate
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 25 tracts In Elgin
Very Low
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#71 of 104 tracts In Kane County
Low
Within state
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#2,827 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Elgin and the region

Centroid at 42.0141, -88.3569 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waterford scores 1.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Elgin
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
0.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Waterford compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Waterford risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.61.6This tracttract 851913Elgin: 4.24.2Elginparent cityCounty: 2.32.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waterford

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Elgin eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kane County average of 5.3 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17089851913

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089851913?

Census tract 17089851913 in the Waterford neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 17089851913?

0.6% of residents in tract 17089851913 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,219.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 17089851913?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 12th, minority 37th, housing 9th.
Q4

Is tract 17089851913 considered part of Waterford?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17089851913 fall within Waterford (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 17089851913 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.2% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17089851913 compare to Elgin overall?

Tract 17089851913 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Elgin at 4.2/10. 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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