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Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Granite City Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 17119400951 · Madison County, IL · pop 5,439 · 85% of tract blocks fall in Granite City

17119400951 is a census tract in Granite City, IL. It scores 4.1/10 for landlords. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 19% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,084
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$73,980

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 9 tracts In Granite City
Low
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 63 tracts In Madison County
Low
Within state
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#2,094 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
National
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#47,371 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Granite City and the region

Centroid at 38.7278, -90.1003 · click any tract to drill in

Why Granite City scores 4.1

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
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$592 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 / state4.1This tracttract 4009514.0Granite Cityparent city4.8Countyavg tract in county5.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

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.

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)

  • 88Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 1.30%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.2%Peak (2015)
  • 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 17119400951
Filings climbed 56% 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 severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $592, 29% below the Granite City average. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.7/10.

Cost burden runs 37% here against 42.1% across Madison County. Court records carry 88 eviction filings across 11 observed years.

It sits 0.7 points below the Madison County average of 4.8. Filings peaked in 2015 at 2.2% of renter households.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 1.3% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17119400951

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119400951?

Census tract 17119400951 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 17119400951?

Median gross rent is $592/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17119400951?

10.7% of residents in tract 17119400951 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,439.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17119400951?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 81th, minority 19th, housing 70th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119400951?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 88 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119400951 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.30% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 17119400951 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17119400951 compare to Granite City overall?

Tract 17119400951 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 17119400951 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Granite City

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

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