Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Sterling Oaks Eviction Risk: Moderate , Peoria

Tract 17143002701 · Peoria County, IL · pop 3,309 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 17143002701 covers part of the Sterling Oaks area of Peoria, IL, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,309 residents. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 22% Owners 66%

Tract context

Occupied units1,569

Renter share34.2%

SVI overall0.67

Poverty rate27.2%

Median income$48,939

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Peoria and the region

Centroid at 40.7183, -89.6331 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sterling Oaks scores 5.4

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

27.2% poverty · this tract

6.8

Supply constraint

$866 rent vs county FMR

3.6

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 Sterling Oaks compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

77%Socioeconomic
80%Household composition
79%Racial/ethnic minority
22%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sterling Oaks. 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.

21.3%Housing insecurity
14.7%Utility-shutoff threat
28.0%Food insecurity
29.7%SNAP enrollment
13.9%Transit barriers
11.7%No health insurance
19.6%Frequent mental distress
36.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sterling Oaks

Against Peoria County at 45.5%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Food insecurity runs 28.0% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 1.1 points above the Peoria County average of 4.3. Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10.

Average gross rent is $866, 14% below the Peoria average. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Peoria eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 17143002701

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17143002701?

Census tract 17143002701 in the Sterling Oaks neighborhood 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.

What is the average rent in tract 17143002701?

Median gross rent is $866/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17143002701?

27.2% of residents in tract 17143002701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,309.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17143002701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 80th, minority 79th, housing 22th.

Is tract 17143002701 considered part of Sterling Oaks?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17143002701 fall within Sterling Oaks (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17143002701 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.3% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17143002701 compare to Peoria overall?

Tract 17143002701 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Peoria at 4/10. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Peoria

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