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Central Business District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Peoria

Tract 17143001200 · Peoria County, IL · pop 1,229 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 17143001200 belongs to Central Business District in Peoria, Illinois. It is home to 1,229 residents and scores 5.2/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 46th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $741 a month against an average household income of $22,063 a year, roughly 40% of income at the averages. About 77% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 49% Owners 23%

Tract context

Occupied units717

Renter share77.0%

SVI overall0.87

Poverty rate35.4%

Median income$22,063

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Peoria and the region

Centroid at 40.6935, -89.5882 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Business District scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Peoria

4.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.3

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

35.4% poverty · this tract

8.9

Supply constraint

$741 rent vs county FMR

2.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Peoria

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Peoria

3.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Peoria

3.5

How Central Business District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

95%Socioeconomic
54%Household composition
68%Racial/ethnic minority
77%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
17%Grade C
15%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.

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.

26.0%Housing insecurity
20.2%Utility-shutoff threat
36.2%Food insecurity
40.9%SNAP enrollment
18.5%Transit barriers
15.7%No health insurance
21.3%Frequent mental distress
40.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Central Business District

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 8.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Peoria eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Peoria County average of 5.0 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 15% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

In CDC survey modeling, about 26.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 20.2% 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 17143001200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17143001200?

Census tract 17143001200 in the Central Business District neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17143001200?

Median gross rent is $741/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17143001200?

35.4% of residents in tract 17143001200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,229.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17143001200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 54th, minority 68th, housing 77th.

Is tract 17143001200 considered part of Central Business District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17143001200 fall within Central Business District (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17143001200 struggle to pay rent?

About 26.0% 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. 20.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17143001200 compare to Peoria overall?

Tract 17143001200 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of Peoria at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Peoria eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17143001200 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. 15% 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.

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