Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #76,223 of 84,120 nationally
St. Charles Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17089852004 · Kane County, IL · pop 2,913 · 86% of tract blocks fall in St. Charles
Census tract 17089852004 sits in St. Charles in Kane County, Illinois eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. That is riskier than about 32% of US census tracts.
About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,134 a month against an average household income of $156,143 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units992
Renter share14.2%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$156,143
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Charles and the region
Centroid at 41.9338, -88.2709 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. Charles scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from St. Charles
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,134 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Charles
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Charles
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Charles
4.3
How St. Charles compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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.
- 6.3%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 12.7%Frequent mental distress
- 23.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. Charles
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 5.1/10. 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 St. Charles eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17089852004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089852004?
Census tract 17089852004 in St. Charles scores 1.8/10 (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 17089852004?
Median gross rent is $1,134/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17089852004?
4.0% of residents in tract 17089852004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,913.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17089852004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 67th, minority 43th, housing 42th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17089852004 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.3% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17089852004 compare to St. Charles overall?
Tract 17089852004 scores 1.8/10, lower than the parent city of St. Charles at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Charles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in St. Charles
Top eight tracts in St. Charles ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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