Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Loves Park Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17201000200 · Winnebago County, IL · pop 3,679
In Loves Park, census tract 17201000200 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $940 monthly, set against $45,521 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,531
Renter share43.3%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$45,521
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Loves Park and the region
Centroid at 42.3211, -89.0531 · click any tract to drill in
Why Loves Park scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Loves Park
5.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.1
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$940 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Loves Park
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Loves Park
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Loves Park
5.8
How Loves Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 12%Grade C
- 5%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.
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.
- 14.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.3%Food insecurity
- 19.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 36.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Loves Park
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. 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 Loves Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Winnebago County average of 5.0 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 62nd 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.
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 17201000200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17201000200?
Census tract 17201000200 in Loves Park 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 17201000200?
Median gross rent is $940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17201000200?
24.6% of residents in tract 17201000200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,679.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17201000200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 25th, minority 46th, housing 58th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17201000200 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.4% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17201000200 compare to Loves Park overall?
Tract 17201000200 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Loves Park at 4.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Loves Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 17201000200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 5% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Loves Park
Top eight tracts in Loves Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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