Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Rockford Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 17201000506 · Winnebago County, IL · pop 4,849 · 54% of tract blocks fall in Rockford

17201000506 is a census tract in Rockford, IL. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,849. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.4/10.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 4% Owners 94%

Tract context

Occupied units1,733

Renter share6.6%

SVI overall0.47

Poverty rate5.5%

Median income$109,421

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rockford and the region

Centroid at 42.2892, -89.0145 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rockford scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Rockford

4.5

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.1

State political climate

Illinois legislature & governorship

5.2

Economic stress

5.5% poverty · this tract

1.4

Supply constraint

$1,145 rent vs county FMR

4.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Rockford

2.0

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Rockford

3.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Rockford

3.5

How Rockford compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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

29%Socioeconomic
81%Household composition
39%Racial/ethnic minority
48%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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
0%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.

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.

8.1%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
9.0%Food insecurity
7.3%SNAP enrollment
5.2%Transit barriers
6.5%No health insurance
14.1%Frequent mental distress
26.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rockford

Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. Cost burden runs 36% here against 44.4% across Winnebago County.

Against the Winnebago County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. 11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

At $1,145 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Rockford commands. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 7.3% against 15.2% nationally. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Rockford. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

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 17201000506

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17201000506?

Census tract 17201000506 in Rockford scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 17201000506?

Median gross rent is $1,145/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17201000506?

5.5% of residents in tract 17201000506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,849.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17201000506?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 81th, minority 39th, housing 48th.

What share of households in tract 17201000506 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.1% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17201000506 compare to Rockford overall?

Tract 17201000506 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Rockford at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rockford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 17201000506 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Rockford

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