Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Wood River Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17119401200 · Madison County, IL · pop 2,028 · 83% of tract blocks fall in Wood River
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 17119401200 in Wood River, IL reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,028 residents. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units896
Renter share29.0%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$67,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wood River and the region
Centroid at 38.8572, -90.1043 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wood River scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wood River
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$940 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wood River
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wood River
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wood River
5.6
How Wood River compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
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)
- 61Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2004)
- 4Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% 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
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.3%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 32.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wood River
Cost burden runs 50% here against 42.1% across Madison County. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 2.7/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.8/10.
Court records carry 61 eviction filings across 11 observed years. Filings peaked in 2004 at 5.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $67,500, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Madison County average of 4.8 closely.
Average gross rent is $940, close to the Wood River average. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17119401200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119401200?
Census tract 17119401200 in Wood River scores 4.6/10 (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 17119401200?
Median gross rent is $940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119401200?
11.2% of residents in tract 17119401200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,028.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119401200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 51th, minority 14th, housing 4th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119401200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 61 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119401200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.05% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119401200 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119401200 compare to Wood River overall?
Tract 17119401200 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Wood River at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wood River; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wood River
Top eight tracts in Wood River ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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