Alton Eviction Risk: Elevated

Against the Madison County average of 4.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Madison County average of 42.1%. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.6/10.

The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Food insecurity runs 33.2% against 17.8% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.1% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 334 filings here across 11 tracked years.

At $870 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Alton commands. Filings peaked in 2010 at 7.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 7.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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