Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Wilshire Eviction Risk: Lower , Rockford

Tract 17201000512 · Winnebago County, IL · pop 4,154 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 17201000512 sits in the Wilshire area of Rockford eviction risk, IL, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.

Risk score

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 23% Owners 61%

Tract context

Occupied units2,357

Renter share38.9%

SVI overall0.41

Poverty rate4.1%

Median income$72,725

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rockford and the region

Centroid at 42.2955, -88.9607 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wilshire 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

4.1% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,302 rent vs county FMR

6.0

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 Wilshire compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

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

17%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
24%Racial/ethnic minority
75%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Wilshire. 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.

8.2%Housing insecurity
4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
9.4%Food insecurity
7.6%SNAP enrollment
5.4%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
13.9%Frequent mental distress
27.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wilshire

Average gross rent is $1,302, 32% above the Rockford average. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2/10. It sits 1.3 points below the Winnebago County average of 4.3.

Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally.

Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 4.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 17201000512

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17201000512?

Census tract 17201000512 in the Wilshire neighborhood 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 17201000512?

Median gross rent is $1,302/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17201000512?

4.1% of residents in tract 17201000512 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,154.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17201000512?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 62th, minority 24th, housing 75th.

Is tract 17201000512 considered part of Wilshire?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17201000512 fall within Wilshire (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17201000512 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.2% 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 17201000512 compare to Rockford overall?

Tract 17201000512 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Rockford

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