Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Sesser Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17055040100 · Franklin County, IL · pop 2,754 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Sesser
Sesser anchors census tract 17055040100, which lands at 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 43% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $702 monthly, set against $58,512 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,045
Renter share18.6%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$58,512
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sesser and the region
Centroid at 38.0853, -89.0423 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sesser scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sesser
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.6
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$702 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sesser
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sesser
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sesser
6.3
How Sesser compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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.
- 11.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.5%Food insecurity
- 14.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sesser
What moves this score most is housing court bias at 6.3/10. 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 Sesser, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Franklin County average of 5.4 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17055040100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17055040100?
Census tract 17055040100 in Sesser scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 17055040100?
Median gross rent is $702/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17055040100?
14.7% of residents in tract 17055040100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,754.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17055040100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 28th, minority 8th, housing 25th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17055040100 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.1% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17055040100 compare to Sesser overall?
Tract 17055040100 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Sesser at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sesser; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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