Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
7.6%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
8.5%Food insecurity
7.6%SNAP enrollment
5.0%Transit barriers
5.5%No health insurance
14.9%Frequent mental distress
25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Port Byron
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.7/10. Against Rock Island County at 40.3%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.6 points below the Rock Island County average of 4.6.
The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. At $567 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Port Byron commands.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 6% of average household income of $107,321, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17161020102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17161020102?
Census tract 17161020102 in Port Byron scores 3/10 (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 17161020102?
Median gross rent is $567/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17161020102?
7.0% of residents in tract 17161020102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,774.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17161020102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 32th, minority 17th, housing 13th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17161020102 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17161020102 compare to Port Byron overall?
Tract 17161020102 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Port Byron at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Port Byron; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.