Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Rapids City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17161020101 · Rock Island County, IL · pop 2,414 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Rapids City
For landlords sizing up Rapids City, census tract 17161020101 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than roughly 39% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,023 a month against an average household income of $80,680 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,021
Renter share18.9%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$80,680
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rapids City and the region
Centroid at 41.5640, -90.2625 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rapids City scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rapids City
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,023 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rapids City
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rapids City
1.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rapids City
3.6
How Rapids City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.1%Food insecurity
- 12.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rapids City
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.1/10. 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 Rapids City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Rock Island County average of 5.7 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 33rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% 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 17161020101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17161020101?
Census tract 17161020101 in Rapids City scores 2.8/10 (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 17161020101?
Median gross rent is $1,023/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17161020101?
9.9% of residents in tract 17161020101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,414.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17161020101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 49th, minority 24th, housing 13th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17161020101 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17161020101 compare to Rapids City overall?
Tract 17161020101 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Rapids City at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rapids City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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