Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
East Alton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 17119401300 · Madison County, IL · pop 4,576 · 96% of tract blocks fall in East Alton
17119401300 is a census tract in East Alton, IL. It scores 6/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,576 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.8/10.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,170
Renter share41.0%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$45,959
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Alton and the region
Centroid at 38.8792, -90.1109 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Alton scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Alton
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$875 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Alton
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Alton
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Alton
6.7
How East Alton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 539Total filings over 11 yrs
- 4.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2005)
- 35Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 51% 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.
- 15.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.3%Food insecurity
- 19.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.7%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Alton
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Madison County average of 4.8. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 539 evictions over 11 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2005, when 8.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 5.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
39% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $875, close to the East Alton average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $45,959. 41% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17119401300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119401300?
Census tract 17119401300 in East Alton scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 17119401300?
Median gross rent is $875/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119401300?
18.3% of residents in tract 17119401300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,576.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119401300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 45th, minority 15th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119401300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 539 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119401300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.58% of renter households, peaking at 8.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119401300 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.1% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119401300 compare to East Alton overall?
Tract 17119401300 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of East Alton at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Alton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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