Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Granite City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17119400904 · Madison County, IL · pop 3,495 · 57% of tract blocks fall in Granite City
Tract 17119400904 sits in Granite City, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,268, 52% above the Granite City average.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,417
Renter share12.2%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$56,094
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Granite City and the region
Centroid at 38.7416, -90.1197 · click any tract to drill in
Why Granite City scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,268 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 8%Grade B
- 18%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)
- 60Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2015)
- 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 175% 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 14.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 17.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Granite City
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.7/10. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against Madison County at 42.1%, 35% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Court records carry 60 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Against the Madison County average of 4.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 3.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for East St. Louis. 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 3.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.9/10.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17119400904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119400904?
Census tract 17119400904 in Granite City scores 4.1/10 (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 17119400904?
Median gross rent is $1,268/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119400904?
6.7% of residents in tract 17119400904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,495.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119400904?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 31th, minority 14th, housing 9th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119400904?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 60 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119400904 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.62% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119400904 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119400904 compare to Granite City overall?
Tract 17119400904 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Granite City at 4/10. 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 17119400904 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. 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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/ 10 · Moderate
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