Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

North Highland Square Eviction Risk: Lower , Rockford

Tract 17201000700 · Winnebago County, IL · pop 2,919 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 3.9/10, tract 17201000700 in the North Highland Square area of Rockford, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,919 residents. roughly one in four of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Winnebago County average of 44.4%.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 20% Owners 73%

Tract context

Occupied units1,205

Renter share27.4%

SVI overall0.20

Poverty rate13.5%

Median income$71,968

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rockford and the region

Centroid at 42.2804, -89.0624 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Highland Square scores 3.9

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

13.5% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$950 rent vs county FMR

3.0

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 North Highland Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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

38%Socioeconomic
55%Household composition
16%Racial/ethnic minority
7%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.

6%Grade A
34%Grade B
10%Grade C
1%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

Within North Highland Square. 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.

13.4%Housing insecurity
9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
16.6%Food insecurity
16.8%SNAP enrollment
8.9%Transit barriers
9.0%No health insurance
18.1%Frequent mental distress
31.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Highland Square

The main counterweight is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10.

Running cool, supply constraint 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.

On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $71,968, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Winnebago County average of 4.3 closely.

Average gross rent is $950, close to the Rockford average. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17201000700

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17201000700?

Census tract 17201000700 in the North Highland Square neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 17201000700?

Median gross rent is $950/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 17201000700?

13.5% of residents in tract 17201000700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,919.

How socially vulnerable is tract 17201000700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 55th, minority 16th, housing 7th.

Is tract 17201000700 considered part of North Highland Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17201000700 fall within North Highland Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 17201000700 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.4% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 17201000700 compare to Rockford overall?

Tract 17201000700 scores 3.9/10, right in line with 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 17201000700 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. 1% 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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Top eight tracts in Rockford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.