Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Edwardsville Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 17119402900 · Madison County, IL · pop 5,408 · 78% of tract blocks fall in Edwardsville
17119402900 is a census tract in Edwardsville, IL. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,408 residents. 43% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,390
Renter share37.1%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate25.5%
Median income$71,758
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Edwardsville and the region
Centroid at 38.8217, -89.9547 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edwardsville scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Edwardsville
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
25.5% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,183 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Edwardsville
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Edwardsville
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Edwardsville
5.9
How Edwardsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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)
- 95Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2008)
- 9Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 29% 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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.2%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 19.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Edwardsville
Against Madison County at 42.1%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Madison County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
The filing record is not thin: 95 evictions over 11 years of observation. At $1,183 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Edwardsville commands. Filings peaked in 2008 at 2.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 2.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $71,758. 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17119402900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119402900?
Census tract 17119402900 in Edwardsville scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 17119402900?
Median gross rent is $1,183/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119402900?
25.5% of residents in tract 17119402900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,408.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119402900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 3th, minority 25th, housing 28th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119402900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 95 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119402900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.33% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2008. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119402900 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119402900 compare to Edwardsville overall?
Tract 17119402900 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Edwardsville at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Edwardsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Edwardsville
Top eight tracts in Edwardsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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