Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Leverett Place Eviction Risk: Elevated , Alton
Tract 17119401400 · Madison County, IL · pop 2,996 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 17119401400 covers part of the Leverett Place area of Alton, IL, and scores 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,996. Against the Madison County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,379
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate17.5%
Median income$54,222
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alton and the region
Centroid at 38.8960, -90.1296 · click any tract to drill in
Why Leverett Place scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Alton
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
17.5% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$858 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Alton
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Alton
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Alton
7.8
How Leverett Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 121Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.7%Peak (2011)
- 11Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 11 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Leverett Place. 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.
- 14.2%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.3%Food insecurity
- 16.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 8.6%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Leverett Place
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.1/10.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10. Average gross rent is $858, 15% below the Alton average.
The filing record is not thin: 121 evictions over 11 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2011 at 5.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $54,222. 30% 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 17119401400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119401400?
Census tract 17119401400 in the Leverett Place neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 17119401400?
Median gross rent is $858/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119401400?
17.5% of residents in tract 17119401400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,996.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119401400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 91th, minority 29th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 17119401400 considered part of Leverett Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17119401400 fall within Leverett Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119401400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 121 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119401400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.89% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 17119401400 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.2% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 17119401400 compare to Alton overall?
Tract 17119401400 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Alton at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Alton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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