Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Sunset Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pekin

Tract 17179021102 · Tazewell County, IL · pop 5,404 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

17179021102 is a census tract in the Sunset Hills area of Pekin, IL. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,404 residents. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 15% Owners 71%

Tract context

Occupied units2,310

Renter share29.5%

SVI overall0.55

Poverty rate8.4%

Median income$68,941

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pekin and the region

Centroid at 40.5456, -89.6186 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunset Hills scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Pekin

4.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.7

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

8.4% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,054 rent vs county FMR

5.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Pekin

4.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Pekin

7.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Pekin

5.2

How Sunset Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

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

50%Socioeconomic
83%Household composition
4%Racial/ethnic minority
55%Housing & transportation

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.

8.5%Housing insecurity
5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
10.6%Food insecurity
10.1%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
6.4%No health insurance
15.2%Frequent mental distress
31.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunset Hills

Average gross rent is $1,054, 29% above the Pekin average. Cost burden runs 49% here against 39.2% across Tazewell County. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2.1/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.1/10. Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Tazewell County average of 4.2 closely. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $68,941.

30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 17179021102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17179021102?

Census tract 17179021102 in the Sunset Hills neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 17179021102?

Median gross rent is $1,054/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17179021102?

8.4% of residents in tract 17179021102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,404.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17179021102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 83th, minority 4th, housing 55th.

Is tract 17179021102 considered part of Sunset Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17179021102 fall within Sunset Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17179021102 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17179021102 compare to Pekin overall?

Tract 17179021102 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Pekin at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pekin; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Pekin

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