Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Granite City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17119400951 · Madison County, IL · pop 5,439 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Granite City
Granite City anchors census tract 17119400951, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 39% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $592 monthly, set against $73,980 in average yearly household income, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,084
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$73,980
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Granite City and the region
Centroid at 38.7278, -90.1003 · click any tract to drill in
Why Granite City scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$592 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 88Total filings over 11 yrs
- 1.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2015)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 56% 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.
- 11.2%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.8%Food insecurity
- 12.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
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 11.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% 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 B ("Still Desirable"), 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 17119400951
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119400951?
Census tract 17119400951 in Granite City 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 17119400951?
Median gross rent is $592/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119400951?
10.7% of residents in tract 17119400951 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,439.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119400951?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 81th, minority 19th, housing 70th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119400951?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 88 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119400951 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.30% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119400951 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.2% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119400951 compare to Granite City overall?
Tract 17119400951 scores 3.5/10, 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 17119400951 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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17119404000
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IL
17119400200
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IL
17119400102
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IL
17119400802
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IL
17119404100
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17119400904
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17119400101
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17119400801
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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