Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,558 of 84,120 nationally
Marquette Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17179020500 · Tazewell County, IL · pop 4,435 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Marquette Heights
17179020500 is a census tract in Marquette Heights, IL. It scores 3.3/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,435 residents. Cost burden runs 19% here against 39.2% across Tazewell County.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,888
Renter share9.6%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$79,030
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Marquette Heights and the region
Centroid at 40.6152, -89.6118 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marquette Heights scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Marquette Heights
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,121 rent vs county FMR
6.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Marquette Heights
1.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Marquette Heights
2.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Marquette Heights
2.5
How Marquette Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marquette Heights
The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1.8/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
Running cool, housing-court posture reads 2.5/10. Against the Tazewell County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points.
At $1,121 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Marquette Heights commands. Nationally it ranks #61,558 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 10% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 1.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $79,030, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.8 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17179020500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17179020500?
Census tract 17179020500 in Marquette Heights scores 3.3/10 (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 17179020500?
Median gross rent is $1,121/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17179020500?
7.4% of residents in tract 17179020500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,435.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17179020500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 22th, minority 8th, housing 3th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17179020500 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17179020500 compare to Marquette Heights overall?
Tract 17179020500 scores 3.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Marquette Heights at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Marquette Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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