Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Fairmont Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 17197880702 · Will County, IL · pop 2,789 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
17197880702 is a census tract in the Fairmont area of Fairmont, IL. It scores 6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,789. Cost burden runs 26% here against 40.4% across Will County.
Risk score
6
Elevated
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
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
74
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 6
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
It sits 1.8 points above the Will County average of 4.2. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. Severe burden reaches 13%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
SNAP participation runs 25.3% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.9/10.
Housing insecurity runs 21.4% against 14.2% nationally. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,392, close to the Fairmont average.
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 17197880702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197880702?
Census tract 17197880702 in the Fairmont neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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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