Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
St. Charles Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17089852300 · Kane County, IL · pop 1,931
Tract 17089852300 sits in St. Charles, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,072
Renter share64.3%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$65,735
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across St. Charles and the region
Centroid at 41.9116, -88.3104 · click any tract to drill in
Why St. Charles scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,453 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 St. Charles compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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)
- 24Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2009)
- 8Filings 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.8%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 22.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in St. Charles
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.7/10. Average gross rent is $1,453, 20% below the St. Charles average.
Food insecurity runs 8.8% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 24 eviction filings across 3 observed years. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Kane County average of 45.5%.
SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. Against the Kane County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.
The worst year on record was 2009, when 1.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $65,735.
64% 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 17089852300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089852300?
Census tract 17089852300 in St. Charles scores 4.7/10 (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 17089852300?
Median gross rent is $1,453/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17089852300?
7.0% of residents in tract 17089852300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,931.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17089852300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 28th, minority 27th, housing 54th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17089852300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 17089852300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.35% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17089852300 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17089852300 compare to St. Charles overall?
Tract 17089852300 scores 4.7/10, higher than 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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