Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Zeigler Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17055040400 · Franklin County, IL · pop 3,599 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Zeigler
Census tract 17055040400 belongs to Zeigler, Illinois. It is home to 3,599 residents and scores 4.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 22% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $796 a month while the average household earns $52,637 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 26% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,679
Renter share25.7%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate12.2%
Median income$52,637
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Zeigler and the region
Centroid at 37.9092, -89.0840 · click any tract to drill in
Why Zeigler scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Zeigler
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.6
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
12.2% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$796 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Zeigler
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Zeigler
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Zeigler
6.6
How Zeigler compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.9%Food insecurity
- 16.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Zeigler
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.7/10. 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 Zeigler, 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 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 47th 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 17055040400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17055040400?
Census tract 17055040400 in Zeigler scores 4.8/10 (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 17055040400?
Median gross rent is $796/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17055040400?
12.2% of residents in tract 17055040400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,599.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17055040400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 57th, minority 6th, housing 56th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17055040400 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17055040400 compare to Zeigler overall?
Tract 17055040400 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Zeigler at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Zeigler; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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