Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
German Valley Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17177000600 · Stephenson County, IL · pop 3,045 · 5% of tract blocks fall in German Valley
Census tract 17177000600 covers part of German Valley, IL, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,045. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.3/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,269
Renter share11.2%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$86,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across German Valley and the region
Centroid at 42.2810, -89.5201 · click any tract to drill in
Why German Valley scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from German Valley
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$768 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from German Valley
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from German Valley
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from German Valley
3.6
How German Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in German Valley
It sits 1.4 points below the Stephenson County average of 4.4. Against Stephenson County at 36.4%, 29% of renters here are cost-burdened. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
At $768 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of German Valley commands. Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $86,313, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17177000600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17177000600?
Census tract 17177000600 in German Valley scores 3/10 (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 17177000600?
Median gross rent is $768/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17177000600?
5.1% of residents in tract 17177000600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,045.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17177000600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 24th, minority 1th, housing 11th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17177000600 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17177000600 compare to German Valley overall?
Tract 17177000600 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of German Valley at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from German Valley; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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