Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Morton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17179021604 · Tazewell County, IL · pop 1,915 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Morton
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 17179021604 (Morton in Tazewell County, Illinois) comes in at 5.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 43% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,252 monthly, set against $80,500 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units792
Renter share47.1%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$80,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Morton and the region
Centroid at 40.5974, -89.4841 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morton scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Morton
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,252 rent vs county FMR
7.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Morton
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Morton
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Morton
3.8
How Morton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morton
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 7.5/10. 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 Morton, 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 29th 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 8.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% 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 17179021604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17179021604?
Census tract 17179021604 in Morton 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 average rent in tract 17179021604?
Median gross rent is $1,252/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17179021604?
9.3% of residents in tract 17179021604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,915.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17179021604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 38th, minority 14th, housing 44th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17179021604 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17179021604 compare to Morton overall?
Tract 17179021604 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Morton at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Morton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Morton
Top eight tracts in Morton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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