Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Godfrey Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17119402721 · Madison County, IL · pop 7,958
The Moderate-tier score of 5.5/10 for census tract 17119402721 reflects conditions in Godfrey in Madison County, Illinois. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,193 a month against an average household income of $84,759 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units3,328
Renter share13.6%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$84,759
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Godfrey and the region
Centroid at 38.9616, -90.2271 · click any tract to drill in
Why Godfrey scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Godfrey
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,193 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Godfrey
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Godfrey
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Godfrey
5.6
How Godfrey compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 206Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2012)
- 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Godfrey
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.4/10. 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 Godfrey, 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 27th 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 7.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.7% 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 17119402721
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119402721?
Census tract 17119402721 in Godfrey scores 2.2/10 (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 17119402721?
Median gross rent is $1,193/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119402721?
4.4% of residents in tract 17119402721 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,958.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119402721?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 31th, minority 18th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119402721?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 206 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119402721 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.75% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119402721 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119402721 compare to Godfrey overall?
Tract 17119402721 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Godfrey at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Godfrey; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Godfrey
Top eight tracts in Godfrey ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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