Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
East Side Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Plainfield
Tract 17197880411 · Will County, IL · pop 3,639 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 17197880411 covers part of the East Side Historic District area of Plainfield, IL, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,639. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,294
Renter share13.0%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$114,792
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plainfield and the region
Centroid at 41.6148, -88.1834 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Side Historic District scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plainfield
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,125 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plainfield
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plainfield
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plainfield
4.1
How East Side Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Side Historic 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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Side Historic District
Average gross rent is $1,125, 47% below the Plainfield average. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.4/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10.
Against Will County at 40.4%, 36% of renters here are cost-burdened. Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 3.1/10. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 12% of average household income of $114,792, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Will County average of 4.2 closely.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197880411
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880411?
Census tract 17197880411 in the East Side Historic District neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 17197880411?
Median gross rent is $1,125/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880411?
6.5% of residents in tract 17197880411 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,639.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880411?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 42th, minority 29th, housing 8th.
Q5
Is tract 17197880411 considered part of East Side Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17197880411 fall within East Side Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17197880411 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17197880411 compare to Plainfield overall?
Tract 17197880411 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Plainfield at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plainfield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Plainfield
Top eight tracts in Plainfield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · IL
East Side Historic District
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · IL
17197880417
3.7
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17197880424
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
Mayfair
3.5
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17197880320
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17197880314
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17197880319
3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17197880321
3
/ 10 · Low
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