Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Aurora Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17089853005 · Kane County, IL · pop 5,370
17089853005 is a census tract in Aurora, IL. It scores 5/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,078
Renter share49.4%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$55,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Aurora and the region
Centroid at 41.7729, -88.3679 · click any tract to drill in
Why Aurora scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Aurora
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,091 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Aurora
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Aurora
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Aurora
3.5
How Aurora compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 163Total filings over 3 yrs
- 6.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2011)
- 58Filings 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.
- 20.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.0%Food insecurity
- 22.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 17.7%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Aurora
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,091, 32% below the Aurora average. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Against the Kane County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 163 filings here across 3 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 22.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 25.0% against 17.8% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 5.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Aurora. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 6.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17089853005
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17089853005?
Census tract 17089853005 in Aurora scores 5/10 (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 17089853005?
Median gross rent is $1,091/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17089853005?
7.2% of residents in tract 17089853005 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,370.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17089853005?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 90th, minority 78th, housing 93th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17089853005?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 17089853005 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.19% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17089853005 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.0% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17089853005 compare to Aurora overall?
Tract 17089853005 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Aurora at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Aurora eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 17089853005 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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