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Townley Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Springfield

Tract 17167002001 · Sangamon County, IL · pop 3,623 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 17167002001 (the Townley Place neighborhood of Springfield, Illinois) comes in at 3.5/10, the Lower tier. It lands near the 6th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $108,304 a year. Renters make up 2% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 2% Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,629
Renter share1.7%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$108,304

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Townley Place
Very Low
Within parent city
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#36 of 39 tracts In Springfield
Very Low
Within county
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 54 tracts In Sangamon County
Low
Within state
31 th percentile
Rank, 31st percentileLowHigh
#2,260 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Springfield and the region

Centroid at 39.7789, -89.6966 · click any tract to drill in

Why Townley Place scores 2.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Springfield
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.8
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Springfield
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Springfield
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Springfield
4.0

How Townley Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Townley Place risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.62.6This tracttract 002001Springfield: 4.24.2Springfieldparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 11

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Townley Place. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Townley Place

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. 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 Springfield eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Sangamon County average of 4.9 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 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 11th 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.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 17167002001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17167002001?

Census tract 17167002001 in the Townley Place neighborhood scores 2.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 17167002001?

1.8% of residents in tract 17167002001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,623.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 17167002001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 28th, minority 24th, housing 25th.
Q4

Is tract 17167002001 considered part of Townley Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17167002001 fall within Townley Place (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5

What share of households in tract 17167002001 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.4% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 17167002001 compare to Springfield overall?

Tract 17167002001 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Springfield at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Springfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Springfield

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

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