Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Business District Eviction Risk: Lower , Pekin
Tract 17179021000 · Tazewell County, IL · pop 5,279 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
In the Downtown Business District area of Pekin, census tract 17179021000 scores 5.1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 43% of US census tracts.
About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $776 a month while the average household earns $66,037 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,446
Renter share21.1%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$66,037
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pekin and the region
Centroid at 40.5604, -89.6402 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown Business District scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$776 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%Housing & transportation
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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 12.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 30.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown Business District
The score leans hardest on 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 below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier 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 11.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% 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 17179021000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17179021000?
Census tract 17179021000 in the Downtown Business District neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 17179021000?
Median gross rent is $776/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17179021000?
8.0% of residents in tract 17179021000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,279.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17179021000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 22th, minority 4th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 17179021000 considered part of Downtown Business District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17179021000 fall within Downtown Business District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17179021000 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17179021000 compare to Pekin overall?
Tract 17179021000 scores 3.8/10, lower 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.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Low
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