Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Morton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17179021604 · Tazewell County, IL · pop 1,915 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Morton
17179021604 is a census tract in Morton, IL. It scores 4.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,915 residents. The voucher gap is 24.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units792
Renter share47.1%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$80,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Morton and the region
Centroid at 40.5974, -89.4841 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morton scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Morton
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,252 rent vs county FMR
7.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Morton
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Morton
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Morton
3.8
How Morton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morton
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2.3/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the high side, supply constraint reads 7.5/10. At $1,252 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Morton commands.
44% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Tazewell County average of 39.2%. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 8.1% against 15.2% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. It tracks the Tazewell County average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $80,500.
47% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17179021604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17179021604?
Census tract 17179021604 in Morton scores 4.1/10 (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 17179021604?
Median gross rent is $1,252/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17179021604?
9.3% of residents in tract 17179021604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,915.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17179021604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 38th, minority 14th, housing 44th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17179021604 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17179021604 compare to Morton overall?
Tract 17179021604 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Morton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Morton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Morton
Top eight tracts in Morton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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