Within neighborhood
17
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Elgin Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17089850800 · Kane County, IL · pop 6,846 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 17089850800 in the Elgin Historic District area of Elgin, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 39%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,233
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$89,069
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elgin and the region
Centroid at 42.0560, -88.2736 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elgin Historic District scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elgin
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,508 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elgin
2.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elgin
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elgin
3.5
How Elgin Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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)
- 46Total filings over 3 yrs
- 3.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2010)
- 15Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Elgin Historic District. 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.
- 18.3%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.5%Food insecurity
- 16.7%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 19.1%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elgin Historic District
Against Kane County at 45.5%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 3/10. Court records carry 46 eviction filings across 3 observed years. Adults with no health insurance runs 19.1% against 11.3% nationally.
At $1,508 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Elgin commands. Filings peaked in 2010 at 5.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. The legal-climate inputs (statute speed, court posture, rent-regulation exposure) come from Elgin eviction risk as a whole. Only the economic and supply signals are measured inside this tract.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Kane County average of 4.1 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17089850800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089850800?
Census tract 17089850800 in the Elgin Historic District neighborhood 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 17089850800?
Median gross rent is $1,508/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17089850800?
12.0% of residents in tract 17089850800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,846.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17089850800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 63th, minority 70th, housing 9th.
Q5
Is tract 17089850800 considered part of Elgin Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17089850800 fall within Elgin Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17089850800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 46 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 17089850800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.31% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17089850800 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.3% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17089850800 compare to Elgin overall?
Tract 17089850800 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Elgin at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elgin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Elgin
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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