Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Bethalto Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17119401721 · Madison County, IL · pop 5,601 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Bethalto
In Bethalto, census tract 17119401721 scores 5.7/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #29,435 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $832 monthly, set against $64,851 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,252
Renter share10.0%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$64,851
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bethalto and the region
Centroid at 38.9150, -90.0555 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bethalto scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bethalto
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$832 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bethalto
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bethalto
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bethalto
5.9
How Bethalto compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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)
- 107Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2015)
- 17Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 70% 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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.3%Food insecurity
- 12.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 31.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bethalto
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 Bethalto, 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 107 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.1% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17119401721
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119401721?
Census tract 17119401721 in Bethalto 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 average rent in tract 17119401721?
Median gross rent is $832/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119401721?
12.5% of residents in tract 17119401721 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,601.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119401721?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 56th, minority 3th, housing 8th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119401721?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 107 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119401721 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.76% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119401721 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119401721 compare to Bethalto overall?
Tract 17119401721 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Bethalto at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bethalto; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bethalto
Top eight tracts in Bethalto ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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