Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Bensenville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17043840000 · DuPage County, IL · pop 2,990 · 70% of tract blocks fall in Bensenville
Tract 17043840000 covers Bensenville in Illinois. Home to 2,990 residents, it scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
21% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,445 a month while the average household earns $81,932 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 33% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units931
Renter share32.5%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$81,932
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bensenville and the region
Centroid at 41.9679, -87.9339 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bensenville scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bensenville
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,445 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bensenville
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bensenville
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bensenville
4.6
How Bensenville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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.
- 17.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.3%Food insecurity
- 15.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 19.2%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bensenville
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Bensenville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the DuPage County average of 5.2 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 66th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 17.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17043840000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17043840000?
Census tract 17043840000 in Bensenville scores 2.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17043840000?
Median gross rent is $1,445/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17043840000?
6.7% of residents in tract 17043840000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,990.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17043840000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 36th, minority 80th, housing 47th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17043840000 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.9% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17043840000 compare to Bensenville overall?
Tract 17043840000 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Bensenville at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bensenville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bensenville
Top eight tracts in Bensenville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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