Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally

Rockford Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17201003707 · Winnebago County, IL · pop 3,525 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Rockford

Tract 17201003707 covers Rockford in Winnebago County in Illinois. Home to 3,525 residents, it scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 16% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $845 a month against an average household income of $62,095 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 75% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.1

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 51% Owners 26%

Tract context

Occupied units2,024

Renter share74.6%

SVI overall0.46

Poverty rate9.2%

Median income$62,095

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rockford and the region

Centroid at 42.1991, -89.0158 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rockford scores 4.1

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

9.2% poverty · this tract

2.3

Supply constraint

$845 rent vs county FMR

2.2

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 Rockford compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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

67%Socioeconomic
9%Household composition
56%Racial/ethnic minority
44%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.

15.2%Housing insecurity
9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
17.8%Food insecurity
15.5%SNAP enrollment
9.5%Transit barriers
10.2%No health insurance
18.8%Frequent mental distress
29.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rockford

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 3.5/10. 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 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 15.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 46th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17201003707

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17201003707?

Census tract 17201003707 in Rockford scores 4.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17201003707?

Median gross rent is $845/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17201003707?

9.2% of residents in tract 17201003707 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,525.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17201003707?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 9th, minority 56th, housing 44th.

What share of households in tract 17201003707 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.2% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17201003707 compare to Rockford overall?

Tract 17201003707 scores 4.1/10, right in line with 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Rockford

Top eight tracts in Rockford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.