Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Alton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17119402500 · Madison County, IL · pop 1,871
Alton is where census tract 17119402500 sits, home to 1,871 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.7/10. That is riskier than about 91% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $994 a month against an average household income of $50,000 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units700
Renter share43.1%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate27.9%
Median income$50,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alton and the region
Centroid at 38.8950, -90.1698 · click any tract to drill in
Why Alton scores 5.8
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
27.9% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$994 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 332Total filings over 11 yrs
- 8.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.4%Peak (2008)
- 26Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% 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.
- 24.8%Housing insecurity
- 18.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 32.9%Food insecurity
- 37.1%SNAP enrollment
- 16.1%Transit barriers
- 11.3%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 40.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Alton
The score leans hardest on 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 above the Madison County average of 5.6 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 332 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 8.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.4% of renter households in 2008.
In CDC survey modeling, about 24.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 18.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 17119402500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119402500?
Census tract 17119402500 in Alton scores 5.8/10 (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 17119402500?
Median gross rent is $994/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119402500?
27.9% of residents in tract 17119402500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,871.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119402500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 87th, minority 69th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119402500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 332 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119402500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.54% of renter households, peaking at 12.4% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119402500 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.8% 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. 18.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119402500 compare to Alton overall?
Tract 17119402500 scores 5.8/10, higher than 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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