Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Morton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17179021605 · Tazewell County, IL · pop 2,805
For landlords sizing up Morton in Tazewell County, census tract 17179021605 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. That is riskier than about 29% of US census tracts.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $940 a month while the average household earns $100,114 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 25% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,100
Renter share25.0%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$100,114
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Morton and the region
Centroid at 40.6064, -89.4571 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morton scores 2
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
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$940 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 24.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morton
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Morton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Tazewell County average of 4.9 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.2% 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 17179021605
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17179021605?
Census tract 17179021605 in Morton scores 2/10 (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 17179021605?
Median gross rent is $940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17179021605?
5.2% of residents in tract 17179021605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,805.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17179021605?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 75th, minority 9th, housing 30th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17179021605 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17179021605 compare to Morton overall?
Tract 17179021605 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Morton at 3.9/10. 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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