Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
9.5%Housing insecurity
5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
10.3%Food insecurity
8.3%SNAP enrollment
5.8%Transit barriers
7.7%No health insurance
15.4%Frequent mental distress
24.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plainfield
The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Will County average of 40.4%.
At $1,728 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Plainfield commands. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3.1/10.
Food insecurity runs 10.3% against 17.8% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.4 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 17197880417
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880417?
Census tract 17197880417 in Plainfield scores 3.7/10 (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 17197880417?
Median gross rent is $1,728/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880417?
1.3% of residents in tract 17197880417 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,334.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880417?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 29th, minority 46th, housing 14th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197880417 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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.
Q6
How does tract 17197880417 compare to Plainfield overall?
Tract 17197880417 scores 3.7/10, 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
Highest-risk tracts in Plainfield
Top eight tracts in Plainfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.