Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Alton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17119402300 · Madison County, IL · pop 1,709 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Alton
Tract 17119402300 covers Alton in Madison County in Illinois. Home to 1,709 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #35,793 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 25% of renter households, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,068 a month against an average household income of $73,575 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units795
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$73,575
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alton and the region
Centroid at 38.8967, -90.1959 · click any tract to drill in
Why Alton scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Alton
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,068 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Alton
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Alton
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Alton
7.8
How Alton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
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.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 87Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2015)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 11 months.
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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Alton
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Alton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Madison County average of 5.6 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 87 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 3.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.6% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17119402300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119402300?
Census tract 17119402300 in Alton scores 4.6/10 (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 17119402300?
Median gross rent is $1,068/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119402300?
15.2% of residents in tract 17119402300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,709.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119402300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 73th, minority 29th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119402300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 87 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119402300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.56% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119402300 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119402300 compare to Alton overall?
Tract 17119402300 scores 4.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Alton at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Alton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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