Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Romeoville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17197880510 · Will County, IL · pop 2,653
Tract 17197880510, home to 2,653 residents in Romeoville, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 75% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 86% of renter households, a severe level, and 53% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,728 a month against an average household income of $74,550 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,222
Renter share51.7%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate18.5%
Median income$74,550
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Romeoville and the region
Centroid at 41.6178, -88.1302 · click any tract to drill in
Why Romeoville scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Romeoville
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
18.5% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,728 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Romeoville
8.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Romeoville
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Romeoville
5.9
How Romeoville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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.
- 19.3%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.3%Food insecurity
- 20.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 12.4%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Romeoville
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.3/10. 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 Romeoville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Will County average of 4.9 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 59th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197880510
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880510?
Census tract 17197880510 in Romeoville scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17197880510?
Median gross rent is $1,728/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 86% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880510?
18.5% of residents in tract 17197880510 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,653.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880510?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 46th, minority 74th, housing 51th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17197880510 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.3% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17197880510 compare to Romeoville overall?
Tract 17197880510 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Romeoville at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Romeoville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Romeoville
Top eight tracts in Romeoville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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2.2
/ 10 · Low
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17197880503
2.2
/ 10 · Low
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17197880509
2.2
/ 10 · Low
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17197884101
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17197880204
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
17197880408
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
17197880202
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
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17197880508
1.8
/ 10 · Very Low
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