Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Plainfield Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17197880424 · Will County, IL · pop 4,723 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Plainfield
With a score of 3.6/10, tract 17197880424 in Plainfield, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,723. The severe-burden share is 65%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,321
Renter share9.2%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$175,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plainfield and the region
Centroid at 41.6175, -88.2418 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plainfield scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$2,671 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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 Plainfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 8.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 20.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plainfield
Cost burden runs 65% here against 40.4% across Will County. The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 10/10.
The voucher gap is 51.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Average gross rent is $2,671, 26% above the Plainfield average. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3.1/10. Against the Will County average of 4.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 9% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.4/10.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.5 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197880424
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880424?
Census tract 17197880424 in Plainfield scores 3.6/10 (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 17197880424?
Median gross rent is $2,671/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880424?
10.1% of residents in tract 17197880424 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,723.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880424?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 50th, minority 53th, housing 12th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197880424 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197880424 compare to Plainfield overall?
Tract 17197880424 scores 3.6/10, 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.
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