Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Granite City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17119404000 · Madison County, IL · pop 2,356 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Granite City
Census tract 17119404000 covers part of Granite City, IL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,356. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,098
Renter share39.8%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate30.2%
Median income$52,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Granite City and the region
Centroid at 38.6956, -90.1476 · click any tract to drill in
Why Granite City scores 5.4
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
30.2% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$673 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: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 10%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 32%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)
- 604Total filings over 11 yrs
- 9.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.0%Peak (2006)
- 57Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 21.4%Housing insecurity
- 14.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.0%Food insecurity
- 28.4%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 11.6%No health insurance
- 21.0%Frequent mental distress
- 37.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Granite City
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
SNAP participation runs 28.4% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, economic stress reads 7.6/10.
Average gross rent is $673, 19% below the Granite City average. Court records carry 604 eviction filings across 11 observed years.
It sits 0.6 points above the Madison County average of 4.8. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2006, when 15.0% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for East St. Louis. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 10.0% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17119404000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119404000?
Census tract 17119404000 in Granite City scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 17119404000?
Median gross rent is $673/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119404000?
30.2% of residents in tract 17119404000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,356.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119404000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 41th, minority 51th, housing 68th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119404000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 604 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119404000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.97% of renter households, peaking at 15.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119404000 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.4% 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. 14.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119404000 compare to Granite City overall?
Tract 17119404000 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Granite City at 4/10. 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 17119404000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 32% 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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5.4
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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