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Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally

Downers Grove Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17043844401 · DuPage County, IL · pop 3,858 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Downers Grove

With a score of 3.5/10, tract 17043844401 in Downers Grove, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,858 residents. Cost burden runs 62% here against 41.4% across DuPage County.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 2% Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,413
Renter share5.2%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$174,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 12 tracts In Downers Grove
Very Low
Within county
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#165 of 219 tracts In DuPage County
Low
Within state
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#2,496 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
National
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#57,812 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Downers Grove and the region

Centroid at 41.8282, -88.0169 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downers Grove scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Downers Grove
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,250 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Downers Grove
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Downers Grove
5.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Downers Grove
4.7

How Downers Grove compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downers Grove risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.53.5This tracttract 844401Downers Grove: 4.44.4Downers Groveparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 11

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downers Grove

The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10. Average gross rent is $3,250, 96% above the Downers Grove average.

The voucher gap is 84.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.

Against the DuPage County average of 4.4, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 5% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.

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 17043844401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17043844401?

Census tract 17043844401 in Downers Grove scores 3.5/10 (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 17043844401?

Median gross rent is $3,250/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17043844401?

3.7% of residents in tract 17043844401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,858.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17043844401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 36th, minority 27th, housing 32th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 17043844401 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.3% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17043844401 compare to Downers Grove overall?

Tract 17043844401 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Downers Grove at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Downers Grove eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Downers Grove

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

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