Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Northwoods Eviction Risk: Elevated , Carol Stream
Tract 17043841401 · DuPage County, IL · pop 6,660 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 6.4/10, tract 17043841401 in the Northwoods area of West Chicago, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,660. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,186
Renter share13.4%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$100,156
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Carol Stream and the region
Centroid at 41.8804, -88.1787 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northwoods scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Carol Stream
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,609 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Carol Stream
8.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Carol Stream
5.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Carol Stream
7.0
How Northwoods compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Northwoods. 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.
- 13.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 12.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northwoods
Against the DuPage County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.1/10.
49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the DuPage County average of 41.4%. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7/10.
At $1,609 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of West Chicago commands. Nationally it ranks #16,032 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $100,156.
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 17043841401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17043841401?
Census tract 17043841401 in the Northwoods neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 17043841401?
Median gross rent is $1,609/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17043841401?
9.6% of residents in tract 17043841401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,660.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17043841401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 64th, minority 70th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 17043841401 considered part of Northwoods?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17043841401 fall within Northwoods (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17043841401 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.2% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17043841401 compare to Carol Stream overall?
Tract 17043841401 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of Carol Stream at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Carol Stream eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Carol Stream
Top eight tracts in Carol Stream ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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