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Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Wildrose Eviction Risk: Moderate , St. Charles

Tract 17089852203 · Kane County, IL · pop 4,523 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 4.2/10, tract 17089852203 in the Wildrose area of St. Charles, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,523 residents. Against Kane County at 45.5%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 17% Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,856
Renter share45.9%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$79,277

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Wildrose
Moderate
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 8 tracts In St. Charles
High
Within county
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#50 of 104 tracts In Kane County
Moderate
Within state
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#2,016 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across St. Charles and the region

Centroid at 41.9147, -88.3364 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wildrose scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from St. Charles
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,451 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from St. Charles
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from St. Charles
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from St. Charles
4.3

How Wildrose compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wildrose risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 852203St. Charles: 4.14.1St. Charlesparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wildrose

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.2/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. At $1,451 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of St. Charles commands.

Food insecurity runs 10.5% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally.

On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10.

Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Kane County average of 4.1 closely. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $79,277.

46% 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 17089852203

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089852203?

Census tract 17089852203 in the Wildrose neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 17089852203?

Median gross rent is $1,451/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17089852203?

5.0% of residents in tract 17089852203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,523.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17089852203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 9th, minority 51th, housing 58th.
Q5

Is tract 17089852203 considered part of Wildrose?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17089852203 fall within Wildrose (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17089852203 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.0% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17089852203 compare to St. Charles overall?

Tract 17089852203 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of St. Charles at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from St. Charles eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in St. Charles

Top eight tracts in St. Charles ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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