Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Plainfield

Tract 17197880422 · Will County, IL · pop 4,428 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 17197880422 sits in the Downtown Historic District area of Plainfield eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 4,428. Against Will County at 40.4%, roughly one in four of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 10% Owners 86%

Tract context

Occupied units1,524

Renter share13.9%

SVI overall0.17

Poverty rate0.6%

Median income$134,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Plainfield and the region

Centroid at 41.6019, -88.2186 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Historic District scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Plainfield

5.8

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.4

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

0.6% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,651 rent vs county FMR

4.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Plainfield

5.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Plainfield

3.1

Housing court bias

Inherited from Plainfield

4.1

How Downtown Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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

32%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
19%Racial/ethnic minority
16%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.

7.5%Housing insecurity
4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
7.3%Food insecurity
5.9%SNAP enrollment
4.7%Transit barriers
5.5%No health insurance
14.9%Frequent mental distress
20.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown Historic District

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,651, 22% below the Plainfield average.

Against the Will County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Food insecurity runs 7.3% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 5.9% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3.1/10.

On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 14% 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.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $134,750, annual rent is just 15%.

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 1%, 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 17197880422

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880422?

Census tract 17197880422 in the Downtown Historic District neighborhood 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.

What is the average rent in tract 17197880422?

Median gross rent is $1,651/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880422?

0.6% of residents in tract 17197880422 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,428.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880422?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 23th, minority 19th, housing 16th.

Is tract 17197880422 considered part of Downtown Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17197880422 fall within Downtown Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17197880422 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.5% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17197880422 compare to Plainfield overall?

Tract 17197880422 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Plainfield at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plainfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

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