Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Christopher Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17055040300 · Franklin County, IL · pop 2,914 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Christopher
With a score of 5/10, tract 17055040300 in Christopher, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,914. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Franklin County average of 38.2%.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,429
Renter share26.9%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$45,815
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Christopher and the region
Centroid at 37.9683, -89.0530 · click any tract to drill in
Why Christopher scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Christopher
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.6
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$662 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Christopher
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Christopher
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Christopher
7.7
How Christopher compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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.
- 12.4%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.9%Food insecurity
- 18.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Christopher
The dominant input is housing-court posture at 7.7/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, regional political climate reads 2.6/10.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. At $662 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Christopher commands.
That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $45,815, annual rent is just 17%.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely.
27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17055040300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17055040300?
Census tract 17055040300 in Christopher scores 5/10 (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 17055040300?
Median gross rent is $662/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17055040300?
19.7% of residents in tract 17055040300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,914.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17055040300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 87th, minority 8th, housing 32th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17055040300 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.4% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17055040300 compare to Christopher overall?
Tract 17055040300 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Christopher at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Christopher; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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