Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Godfrey Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17119402721 · Madison County, IL · pop 7,958
17119402721 is a census tract in Godfrey, IL. It scores 3.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 7,958 residents. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units3,328
Renter share13.6%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$84,759
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Godfrey and the region
Centroid at 38.9616, -90.2271 · click any tract to drill in
Why Godfrey scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Godfrey
3.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,193 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Godfrey
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Godfrey
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Godfrey
5.6
How Godfrey compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 206Total filings over 11 yrs
- 3.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2012)
- 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Godfrey
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.1/10. Against the Madison County average of 4.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.7 points.
Cost burden runs 51% here against 42.1% across Madison County. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.4/10. Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 206 filings here across 11 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2012 at 6.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 3.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $84,759, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.0 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 17119402721
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17119402721?
Census tract 17119402721 in Godfrey scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 17119402721?
Median gross rent is $1,193/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17119402721?
4.4% of residents in tract 17119402721 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,958.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17119402721?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 31th, minority 18th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 17119402721?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 206 eviction filings across 11 validated years in tract 17119402721 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.75% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 17119402721 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17119402721 compare to Godfrey overall?
Tract 17119402721 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Godfrey at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Godfrey; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Godfrey
Top eight tracts in Godfrey ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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