Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Carpentersville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17089850302 · Kane County, IL · pop 4,363 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Carpentersville
Census tract 17089850302 covers part of Carpentersville, IL, and scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,363 residents. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,582
Renter share58.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate17.0%
Median income$60,240
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Carpentersville and the region
Centroid at 42.1133, -88.2735 · click any tract to drill in
Why Carpentersville scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Carpentersville
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
17.0% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,275 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Carpentersville
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Carpentersville
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Carpentersville
5.7
How Carpentersville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 288Total filings over 3 yrs
- 11.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.8%Peak (2010)
- 104Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
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.
- 19.0%Housing insecurity
- 10.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.7%Food insecurity
- 19.5%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 17.6%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Carpentersville
Against the Kane County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 2.2/10. Against Kane County at 45.5%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Court records carry 288 eviction filings across 3 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,275, 10% below the Carpentersville average.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 12.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 11.8% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $60,240.
58% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17089850302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089850302?
Census tract 17089850302 in Carpentersville scores 5.9/10 (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 17089850302?
Median gross rent is $1,275/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17089850302?
17.0% of residents in tract 17089850302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,363.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17089850302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 69th, minority 75th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17089850302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 288 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 17089850302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.83% of renter households, peaking at 12.8% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17089850302 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.0% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17089850302 compare to Carpentersville overall?
Tract 17089850302 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Carpentersville at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Carpentersville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Carpentersville
Top eight tracts in Carpentersville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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