Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Geneva Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17089852608 · Kane County, IL · pop 4,026 · 99% of tract blocks fall in Geneva
Tract 17089852608, home to 4,026 residents in Geneva, scores 5.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.
36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,746 monthly, set against $125,714 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,692
Renter share25.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate0.3%
Median income$125,714
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Geneva and the region
Centroid at 41.8931, -88.3114 · click any tract to drill in
Why Geneva scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Geneva
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
0.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,746 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Geneva
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Geneva
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Geneva
3.8
How Geneva compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.0%Food insecurity
- 4.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.8%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 20.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Geneva
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Geneva, 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 in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th 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 17089852608
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089852608?
Census tract 17089852608 in Geneva scores 1.3/10 (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 17089852608?
Median gross rent is $1,746/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17089852608?
0.3% of residents in tract 17089852608 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,026.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17089852608?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 10th, minority 35th, housing 4th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17089852608 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17089852608 compare to Geneva overall?
Tract 17089852608 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Geneva at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Geneva; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Geneva
Top eight tracts in Geneva ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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