Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Elgin Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17089851600 ·
Kane County, IL · pop 6,288 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
17089851600 is a census tract in the Elgin Historic District area of Elgin, IL. It scores 4.9/10 for landlords. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%Stable renters 26%Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,196
Renter share42.5%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$76,894
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33th percentile
#5 of 7 tracts In Elgin Historic District
Low
Within parent city
67th percentile
#9 of 25 tracts In Elgin
Elevated
Within county
69th percentile
#33 of 104 tracts In Kane County
Elevated
Within state
50th percentile
#1,648 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elgin and the region
Centroid at 42.0271, -88.2898 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elgin Historic District scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$995 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
76%Socioeconomic
78%Household composition
85%Racial/ethnic minority
85%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)
115Total filings over 3 yrs
3.67%Avg annual filing rate
4.2%Peak (2011)
45Filings in 2011 (latest validated)
Filings by year2009 to 2011
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Elgin Historic District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
21.4%Housing insecurity
11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
26.4%Food insecurity
21.7%SNAP enrollment
12.1%Transit barriers
22.5%No health insurance
17.4%Frequent mental distress
32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elgin Historic District
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $995, 27% below the Elgin average. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10.
Against Kane County at 45.5%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. Adults with no health insurance runs 22.5% against 11.3% nationally. Food insecurity runs 26.4% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 115 evictions over 3 years of observation. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.9/10.
Against the Kane County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2011, when 4.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17089851600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089851600?
Census tract 17089851600 in the Elgin Historic District neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 17089851600?
Median gross rent is $995/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17089851600?
11.8% of residents in tract 17089851600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,288.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17089851600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 78th, minority 85th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 17089851600 considered part of Elgin Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17089851600 fall within Elgin Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17089851600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 115 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 17089851600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.67% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17089851600 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.4% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17089851600 compare to Elgin overall?
Tract 17089851600 scores 4.9/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Elgin
Top eight tracts in Elgin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.