Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
Lierman Eviction Risk: Elevated , Urbana
Tract 17019005601 ·
Champaign County, IL · pop 5,631 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
17019005601 is a census tract in the Lierman area of Urbana, IL. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,631. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%Stable renters 29%Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,666
Renter share49.4%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate12.8%
Median income$67,292
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Lierman
Moderate
Within parent city
8th percentile
#12 of 13 tracts In Urbana
Very Low
Within county
55th percentile
#22 of 48 tracts In Champaign County
Elevated
Within state
78th percentile
#716 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Urbana and the region
Centroid at 40.1021, -88.1838 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lierman scores 6.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Urbana
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
12.8% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$967 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Urbana
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Urbana
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Urbana
8.4
How Lierman compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
55%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
59%Racial/ethnic minority
35%Housing & transportation
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.
12.3%Housing insecurity
7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
13.8%Food insecurity
12.2%SNAP enrollment
7.6%Transit barriers
7.1%No health insurance
15.9%Frequent mental distress
23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lierman
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.4/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10.
Against the Champaign County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $67,292, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters.
Average gross rent is $967, close to the Urbana average. 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17019005601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17019005601?
Census tract 17019005601 in the Lierman neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (Elevated 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 17019005601?
Median gross rent is $967/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17019005601?
12.8% of residents in tract 17019005601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,631.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17019005601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 23th, minority 59th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 17019005601 considered part of Lierman?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17019005601 fall within Lierman (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17019005601 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17019005601 compare to Urbana overall?
Tract 17019005601 scores 6.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Urbana at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Urbana eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Urbana
Top eight tracts in Urbana ranked by composite eviction-risk score.