Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Alton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17119402801 · Madison County, IL · pop 3,541 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Alton
Here is how census tract 17119402801, in Alton, looks to a landlord: a 5.5/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 3,541. That is riskier than about 57% of US census tracts.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $108,125 a year. About 5% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,540
Renter share5.1%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$108,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alton and the region
Centroid at 38.9624, -90.1203 · click any tract to drill in
Why Alton scores 3.5
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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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)
- 13Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2015)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 8.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%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 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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 8.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% 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 17119402801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119402801?
Census tract 17119402801 in Alton scores 3.5/10 (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 17119402801?
8.2% of residents in tract 17119402801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,541.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119402801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 49th, minority 8th, housing 7th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119402801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 17119402801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.31% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17119402801 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17119402801 compare to Alton overall?
Tract 17119402801 scores 3.5/10, lower 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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