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Fox Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Rockford

Tract 17201003601 · Winnebago County, IL · pop 1,968 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

The Fox Hills area of Rockford is where census tract 17201003601 sits, home to 1,968 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.2/10. That is riskier than about 16% of US census tracts.

About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,006 a month while the average household earns $90,125 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.8

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 7% Owners 90%

Tract context

Occupied units737

Renter share10.2%

SVI overall0.39

Poverty rate11.1%

Median income$90,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rockford and the region

Centroid at 42.3044, -89.1419 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fox Hills scores 3.8

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

11.1% poverty · this tract

2.8

Supply constraint

$1,006 rent vs county FMR

3.5

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 Fox Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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

41%Socioeconomic
31%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
48%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
1%Grade D · redlined

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.

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.

11.1%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
13.6%Food insecurity
11.9%SNAP enrollment
7.2%Transit barriers
8.9%No health insurance
16.5%Frequent mental distress
32.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fox Hills

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 3.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Rockford eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Winnebago County average of 5.0 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 1% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17201003601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17201003601?

Census tract 17201003601 in the Fox Hills neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 17201003601?

Median gross rent is $1,006/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17201003601?

11.1% of residents in tract 17201003601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,968.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17201003601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 31th, minority 37th, housing 48th.

Is tract 17201003601 considered part of Fox Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17201003601 fall within Fox Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17201003601 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17201003601 compare to Rockford overall?

Tract 17201003601 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Rockford at 4.2/10. 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.

Was tract 17201003601 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 1% 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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