Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Wayne Center Eviction Risk: Lower , Bartlett
Tract 17043841325 ·
DuPage County, IL · pop 5,317 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 17043841325 covers part of the Wayne Center area of Carol Stream, IL, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,317 residents. Against DuPage County at 41.4%, 20% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%Stable renters 7%Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,801
Renter share8.6%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$133,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 3 tracts In Wayne Center
Very High
Within parent city
25th percentile
#7 of 9 tracts In Bartlett
Low
Within county
22th percentile
#171 of 219 tracts In DuPage County
Low
Within state
22th percentile
#2,555 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bartlett and the region
Centroid at 41.9360, -88.1558 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayne Center scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bartlett
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,891 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bartlett
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bartlett
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bartlett
4.4
How Wayne Center compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
5%Socioeconomic
23%Household composition
58%Racial/ethnic minority
16%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wayne Center. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
8.7%Housing insecurity
5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
10.5%Food insecurity
7.8%SNAP enrollment
5.6%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
13.6%Frequent mental distress
21.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayne Center
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. At $1,891 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Carol Stream commands.
It sits 1.0 points below the DuPage County average of 4.4. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10.
SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 29th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 9% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $133,750, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.7 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
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 17043841325
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17043841325?
Census tract 17043841325 in the Wayne Center neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 17043841325?
Median gross rent is $1,891/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17043841325?
3.2% of residents in tract 17043841325 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,317.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17043841325?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 23th, minority 58th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 17043841325 considered part of Wayne Center?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17043841325 fall within Wayne Center (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17043841325 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17043841325 compare to Bartlett overall?
Tract 17043841325 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Bartlett at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bartlett eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bartlett
Top eight tracts in Bartlett ranked by composite eviction-risk score.