Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Wood River Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17119401200 · Madison County, IL · pop 2,028 · 83% of tract blocks fall in Wood River
How risky is Wood River in Madison County for landlords? Census tract 17119401200 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
50% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $940 a month while the average household earns $67,500 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units896
Renter share29.0%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$67,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wood River and the region
Centroid at 38.8572, -90.1043 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wood River scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wood River
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$940 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wood River
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wood River
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wood River
5.6
How Wood River compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%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)
- 61Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2004)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.3%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wood River
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.7/10. 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 Wood River, 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17119401200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119401200?
Census tract 17119401200 in Wood River scores 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 17119401200?
Median gross rent is $940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119401200?
11.2% of residents in tract 17119401200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,028.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119401200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 51th, minority 14th, housing 4th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119401200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 61 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119401200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.05% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119401200 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119401200 compare to Wood River overall?
Tract 17119401200 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Wood River at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wood River; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wood River
Top eight tracts in Wood River ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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