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Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally

Granite City Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17119400801 · Madison County, IL · pop 1,683

Census tract 17119400801 runs through Granite City. With 1,683 residents, it scores 4.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 21% of renter households, a modest level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,143 a month against an average household income of $84,861 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 9% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units663
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate12.9%
Median income$84,861

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 9 tracts In Granite City
Very Low
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 63 tracts In Madison County
Low
Within state
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#1,870 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
National
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#51,553 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Granite City and the region

Centroid at 38.7271, -90.1151 · click any tract to drill in

Why Granite City scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Granite City
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
12.9% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,143 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Granite City
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Granite City
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Granite City
4.0

How Granite City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Granite City risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.43.4This tracttract 400801Granite City: 4.14.1Granite Cityparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 42Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 3.89%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.4%Peak (2013)
  • 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 171194008012004: 2 filings (2.04/100 renter HHs)2005: 5 filings (5.05/100 renter HHs)2006: 2 filings (2.02/100 renter HHs)2007: 3 filings (3.03/100 renter HHs)2008: 4 filings (4.04/100 renter HHs)2009: 7 filings (7.07/100 renter HHs)2010: 3 filings (2.70/100 renter HHs)2011: 5 filings (5.26/100 renter HHs)2012: 1 filings (1.05/100 renter HHs)2013: 8 filings (8.42/100 renter HHs)2015: 2 filings (2.11/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Granite City

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 5.3/10. 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 Granite City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Madison County average of 5.6 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17119400801

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119400801?

Census tract 17119400801 in Granite City scores 3.4/10 (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 17119400801?

Median gross rent is $1,143/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17119400801?

12.9% of residents in tract 17119400801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,683.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17119400801?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 74th, minority 25th, housing 5th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119400801?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119400801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.89% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 17119400801 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.5% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17119400801 compare to Granite City overall?

Tract 17119400801 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Granite City at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Granite City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 17119400801 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Granite City

Top eight tracts in Granite City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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