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Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally

Leverett Place Eviction Risk: Moderate , Alton

Tract 17119402000 · Madison County, IL · pop 4,377 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

How risky is the Leverett Place area of Alton for landlords? Census tract 17119402000 scores 5.9/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 72% of US census tracts.

About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $887 a month against an average household income of $57,405 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 24% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,932
Renter share36.7%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$57,405

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Leverett Place
Very Low
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 11 tracts In Alton
Low
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#14 of 63 tracts In Madison County
High
Within state
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#779 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Alton and the region

Centroid at 38.9121, -90.1486 · click any tract to drill in

Why Leverett Place scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$887 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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.
Leverett Place risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 402000Alton: 4.54.5Altonparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

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)

  • 231Total filings over 11 yrs
  • 3.38%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.7%Peak (2004)
  • 18Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2004 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 171194020002004: 31 filings (4.71/100 renter HHs)2005: 23 filings (4.28/100 renter HHs)2006: 20 filings (3.72/100 renter HHs)2007: 25 filings (4.65/100 renter HHs)2008: 20 filings (3.72/100 renter HHs)2009: 13 filings (2.42/100 renter HHs)2010: 19 filings (2.76/100 renter HHs)2011: 15 filings (2.04/100 renter HHs)2012: 16 filings (2.17/100 renter HHs)2013: 31 filings (4.21/100 renter HHs)2015: 18 filings (2.44/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 42% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Leverett Place

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Alton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Madison County average of 5.6 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 15.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 17119402000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119402000?

Census tract 17119402000 in the Leverett Place neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 17119402000?

Median gross rent is $887/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17119402000?

17.9% of residents in tract 17119402000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,377.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17119402000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 61th, minority 51th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 17119402000 considered part of Leverett Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17119402000 fall within Leverett Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119402000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 231 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119402000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.38% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 17119402000 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.8% 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 17119402000 compare to Alton overall?

Tract 17119402000 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Alton at 4.5/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Alton

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

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