Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally

Benton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17055040600 · Franklin County, IL · pop 2,729 · 64% of tract blocks fall in Benton

17055040600 is a census tract in Benton, IL. It scores 4.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,729. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 19% Owners 64%

Tract context

Occupied units1,180

Renter share36.7%

SVI overall0.68

Poverty rate18.8%

Median income$54,929

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Benton and the region

Centroid at 38.0043, -88.9456 · click any tract to drill in

Why Benton scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

18.8% poverty · this tract

4.7

Supply constraint

$731 rent vs county FMR

3.4

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: 68

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

66%Socioeconomic
65%Household composition
6%Racial/ethnic minority
82%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.

12.0%Housing insecurity
8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
15.9%Food insecurity
16.3%SNAP enrollment
8.5%Transit barriers
8.8%No health insurance
18.3%Frequent mental distress
33.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Benton

47% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Franklin County average of 38.2%. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. On the softer side, regional political climate reads 2.6/10.

The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.3/10. Average gross rent is $731, 8% below the Benton average.

Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $54,929, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.4 closely.

37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 17055040600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17055040600?

Census tract 17055040600 in Benton scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17055040600?

Median gross rent is $731/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17055040600?

18.8% of residents in tract 17055040600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,729.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17055040600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 65th, minority 6th, housing 82th.

What share of households in tract 17055040600 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.0% 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.

How does tract 17055040600 compare to Benton overall?

Tract 17055040600 scores 4.6/10, right in line with 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.