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Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally

Granite City Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17119400802 · Madison County, IL · pop 6,107 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Granite City

In Granite City, census tract 17119400802 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $615 a month against an average household income of $58,973 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 10% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,592
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$58,973

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 9 tracts In Granite City
Elevated
Within county
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 63 tracts In Madison County
Elevated
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#1,500 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Moderate
National
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#41,065 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Granite City and the region

Centroid at 38.7160, -90.1152 · click any tract to drill in

Why Granite City scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Granite City
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$615 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Granite City
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Granite City
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Granite City
4.0

How Granite City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Granite City risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 400802Granite City: 4.14.1Granite Cityparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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.

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)

  • 236Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 3.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.6%Peak (2005)
  • 27Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 171194008022004: 31 filings (5.25/100 renter HHs)2005: 32 filings (4.58/100 renter HHs)2006: 23 filings (3.30/100 renter HHs)2007: 24 filings (3.44/100 renter HHs)2008: 20 filings (2.87/100 renter HHs)2009: 17 filings (2.44/100 renter HHs)2010: 12 filings (1.95/100 renter HHs)2011: 22 filings (2.74/100 renter HHs)2012: 12 filings (1.49/100 renter HHs)2013: 16 filings (1.99/100 renter HHs)2015: 27 filings (3.36/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Granite City

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 5.3/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Granite City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Madison County average of 5.6 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 236 eviction filings here over 11 tracked years, with about 3.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.6% of renter households in 2005.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17119400802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119400802?

Census tract 17119400802 in Granite City scores 4/10 (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 17119400802?

Median gross rent is $615/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17119400802?

13.8% of residents in tract 17119400802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,107.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17119400802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 26th, minority 31th, housing 28th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119400802?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 236 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119400802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.04% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 17119400802 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.8% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17119400802 compare to Granite City overall?

Tract 17119400802 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Granite City at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Granite City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 17119400802 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 21% 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

Highest-risk tracts in Granite City

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

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