Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Benton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17055040500 · Franklin County, IL · pop 3,532 · 36% of tract blocks fall in Benton
17055040500 is a census tract in Benton, IL. It scores 4/10 for landlords. 23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,284
Renter share31.0%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$48,974
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Benton and the region
Centroid at 38.0718, -88.9175 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benton scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Benton
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.6
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$757 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Benton
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Benton
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Benton
7.3
How Benton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 0%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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.
- 10.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 15.8%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benton
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. On the softer side, regional political climate reads 2.6/10. Against Franklin County at 38.2%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $757, close to the Benton average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $48,974.
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 17055040500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17055040500?
Census tract 17055040500 in Benton scores 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 17055040500?
Median gross rent is $757/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17055040500?
11.2% of residents in tract 17055040500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,532.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17055040500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 68th, minority 0th, housing 95th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17055040500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.8% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17055040500 compare to Benton overall?
Tract 17055040500 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Benton at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Benton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Benton
Top eight tracts in Benton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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