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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally

H &K Trailer Court Eviction Risk: Moderate , Decatur

Tract 17115000400 · Macon County, IL · pop 1,187 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 17115000400 runs through the H &K Trailer Court area of Decatur. With 1,187 residents, it scores 6.4/10 for landlords. It lands near the 85th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $790 monthly, set against $40,658 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 11% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units426
Renter share31.7%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate40.9%
Median income$40,658

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In H &K Trailer Court
High
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#9 of 30 tracts In Decatur
Elevated
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 37 tracts In Macon County
High
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#522 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Decatur and the region

Centroid at 39.8343, -88.9685 · click any tract to drill in

Why H &K Trailer Court scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Decatur
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
40.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$790 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Decatur
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Decatur
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Decatur
6.2

How H &K Trailer Court compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
H &K Trailer Court risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 000400Decatur: 4.64.6Decaturparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within H &K Trailer Court. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in H &K Trailer Court

The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Decatur eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Macon County average of 5.2 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 8% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 60th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 17115000400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17115000400?

Census tract 17115000400 in the H &K Trailer Court neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 17115000400?

Median gross rent is $790/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17115000400?

40.9% of residents in tract 17115000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,187.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17115000400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 43th, minority 75th, housing 35th.
Q5

Is tract 17115000400 considered part of H &K Trailer Court?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17115000400 fall within H &K Trailer Court (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17115000400 struggle to pay rent?

About 25.9% 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. 21.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17115000400 compare to Decatur overall?

Tract 17115000400 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Decatur at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Decatur eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 17115000400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 8% 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.
Sibling tracts

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

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