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Vermilion Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Danville

Tract 17183000800 · Vermilion County, IL · pop 1,966 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

How risky is the Vermilion Heights neighborhood of Danville for landlords? Census tract 17183000800 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $837 monthly, set against $42,160 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 25% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units892
Renter share38.3%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$42,160

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Vermilion Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#8 of 13 tracts In Danville
Moderate
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 24 tracts In Vermilion County
Elevated
Within state
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#939 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Danville and the region

Centroid at 40.1373, -87.6688 · click any tract to drill in

Why Vermilion Heights scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Danville
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$837 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Danville
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Danville
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Danville
7.3

How Vermilion Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Vermilion Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 000800Danville: 4.34.3Danvilleparent cityCounty: 4.64.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Vermilion Heights. 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 Vermilion Heights

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 Danville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Vermilion County average of 5.3 and in line with 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 67th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 14.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.1% 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 17183000800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17183000800?

Census tract 17183000800 in the Vermilion Heights neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 17183000800?

Median gross rent is $837/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17183000800?

14.5% of residents in tract 17183000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,966.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17183000800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 73th, minority 24th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 17183000800 considered part of Vermilion Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17183000800 fall within Vermilion Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17183000800 struggle to pay rent?

About 14.6% 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. 10.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17183000800 compare to Danville overall?

Tract 17183000800 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Danville at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Danville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Danville

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

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