Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Benton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17055040700 · Franklin County, IL · pop 3,824 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Benton
Census tract 17055040700 runs through Benton. With 3,824 residents, it scores 5.9/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $939 a month against an average household income of $49,119 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,918
Renter share28.4%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate22.2%
Median income$49,119
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Benton and the region
Centroid at 37.9729, -88.9180 · click any tract to drill in
Why Benton scores 5.7
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
22.2% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$939 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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.
- 14.1%Housing insecurity
- 10.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.0%Food insecurity
- 22.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 37.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Benton
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength 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 Benton, 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 14.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 55th 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 17055040700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17055040700?
Census tract 17055040700 in Benton scores 5.7/10 (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 17055040700?
Median gross rent is $939/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17055040700?
22.2% of residents in tract 17055040700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,824.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17055040700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 46th, minority 27th, housing 63th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17055040700 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.1% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17055040700 compare to Benton overall?
Tract 17055040700 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Benton at 3.8/10. 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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