Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Alton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 17119402300 · Madison County, IL · pop 1,709 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Alton
With a score of 6.2/10, tract 17119402300 in Alton, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,709. Cost burden runs about a quarter here against 42.1% across Madison County.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units795
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$73,575
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Alton and the region
Centroid at 38.8967, -90.1959 · click any tract to drill in
Why Alton scores 6.2
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
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,068 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Alton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 87Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2015)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 13.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Alton
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Madison County average of 4.8.
Court records carry 87 eviction filings across 11 observed years. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.1/10.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 6.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $73,575, annual rent is just 17%.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Average gross rent is $1,068, close to the Alton average. 43% 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 17119402300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119402300?
Census tract 17119402300 in Alton scores 6.2/10 (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 17119402300?
Median gross rent is $1,068/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119402300?
15.2% of residents in tract 17119402300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,709.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119402300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 73th, minority 29th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119402300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 87 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119402300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.56% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119402300 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119402300 compare to Alton overall?
Tract 17119402300 scores 6.2/10, 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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