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Downtown Business District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pekin

Tract 17179020900 · Tazewell County, IL · pop 1,660 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 17179020900 runs through Downtown Business District in Pekin. With 1,660 residents, it scores 5.2/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.

39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $770 monthly, set against $44,286 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 22% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units734
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate17.8%
Median income$44,286

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Downtown Business District
Moderate
Within parent city
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Pekin
Elevated
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 30 tracts In Tazewell County
Very High
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#1,068 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pekin and the region

Centroid at 40.5580, -89.6622 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown Business District scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Pekin
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
17.8% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$770 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pekin
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pekin
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pekin
5.2

How Downtown Business District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown Business District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.74.7This tracttract 020900Pekin: 4.34.3Pekinparent cityCounty: 3.13.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 56

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown Business District. 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 Downtown Business District

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Pekin, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Tazewell County average of 4.9 and in line with the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 56th 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 17179020900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17179020900?

Census tract 17179020900 in the Downtown Business District neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 17179020900?

Median gross rent is $770/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17179020900?

17.8% of residents in tract 17179020900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,660.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17179020900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 55th, minority 8th, housing 53th.
Q5

Is tract 17179020900 considered part of Downtown Business District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17179020900 fall within Downtown Business District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17179020900 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.7% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17179020900 compare to Pekin overall?

Tract 17179020900 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Pekin at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pekin; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Pekin

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

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