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Edgewater Eviction Risk: Moderate , Rockford

Tract 17201003605 · Winnebago County, IL · pop 2,138 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

With a score of 5.4/10, tract 17201003605 in the Edgewater area of Rockford, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 70% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Winnebago County average of 44.4%.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51% Stable renters 22% Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units992
Renter share72.9%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate26.5%
Median income$38,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Edgewater
High
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#16 of 54 tracts In Rockford
Elevated
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#22 of 80 tracts In Winnebago County
Elevated
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#1,219 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rockford and the region

Centroid at 42.3204, -89.0842 · click any tract to drill in

Why Edgewater scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Rockford
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
26.5% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,013 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rockford
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rockford
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rockford
3.5

How Edgewater compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Edgewater risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 0036054.0Rockfordparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county5.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Edgewater. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Edgewater

The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 73% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10.

The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Disability prevalence runs 44.8% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Winnebago County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. SNAP participation runs 23.4% against 15.2% nationally.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Rockford. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Rockford eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17201003605

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17201003605?

Census tract 17201003605 in the Edgewater neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 17201003605?

Median gross rent is $1,013/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17201003605?

26.5% of residents in tract 17201003605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,138.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17201003605?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 95th, minority 54th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 17201003605 considered part of Edgewater?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17201003605 fall within Edgewater (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17201003605 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.7% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17201003605 compare to Rockford overall?

Tract 17201003605 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Rockford at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rockford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 17201003605 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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