Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Fairmont Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 17197880702 · Will County, IL · pop 2,789 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
How risky is Fairmont in Fairmont for landlords? Census tract 17197880702 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 39% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,392 a month while the average household earns $61,188 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units882
Renter share35.4%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$61,188
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fairmont and the region
Centroid at 41.5643, -88.0550 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairmont scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fairmont
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,392 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fairmont
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fairmont
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fairmont
5.5
How Fairmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 27%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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.
- 21.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.4%Food insecurity
- 25.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 16.2%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairmont
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 Fairmont, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Will 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 21.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17197880702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880702?
Census tract 17197880702 in the Fairmont neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 17197880702?
Median gross rent is $1,392/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17197880702?
15.9% of residents in tract 17197880702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,789.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17197880702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 85th, minority 78th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 17197880702 considered part of Fairmont?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17197880702 fall within Fairmont (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17197880702 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.4% 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17197880702 compare to Fairmont overall?
Q8
Was tract 17197880702 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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