Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Christopher Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17055040300 · Franklin County, IL · pop 2,914 · 79% of tract blocks fall in Christopher
Tract 17055040300 covers Christopher in Franklin County in Illinois. Home to 2,914 residents, it scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #26,426 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $662 a month against an average household income of $45,815 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.4
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
80
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Christopher and the region
Centroid at 37.9683, -89.0530 · click any tract to drill in
Why Christopher scores 5.4
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 score leans hardest on housing court bias at 7.7/10. 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 Christopher, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Franklin County average of 5.4 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17055040300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17055040300?
Census tract 17055040300 in Christopher scores 5.4/10 (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 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Christopher at 4.2/10. 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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