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Sunset Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Peoria

Tract 17143002702 · Peoria County, IL · pop 3,921 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 17143002702 runs through the Sunset Hills neighborhood of Peoria. With 3,921 residents, it scores 4.9/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 36% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $788 monthly, set against $44,963 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.6

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 23% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,570

Renter share44.0%

SVI overall0.66

Poverty rate17.6%

Median income$44,963

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Peoria and the region

Centroid at 40.7304, -89.6332 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunset Hills scores 5.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Peoria

4.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.3

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

17.6% poverty · this tract

4.4

Supply constraint

$788 rent vs county FMR

2.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Peoria

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Peoria

3.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Peoria

3.5

How Sunset Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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

65%Socioeconomic
58%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
62%Housing & transportation

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.

14.0%Housing insecurity
9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
17.7%Food insecurity
17.8%SNAP enrollment
9.2%Transit barriers
7.9%No health insurance
16.4%Frequent mental distress
32.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunset Hills

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 4.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Peoria eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Peoria County average of 5.0 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17143002702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17143002702?

Census tract 17143002702 in the Sunset Hills neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17143002702?

Median gross rent is $788/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17143002702?

17.6% of residents in tract 17143002702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,921.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17143002702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 58th, minority 55th, housing 62th.

Is tract 17143002702 considered part of Sunset Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17143002702 fall within Sunset Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17143002702 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.0% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17143002702 compare to Peoria overall?

Tract 17143002702 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Peoria at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Peoria eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Peoria

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