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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Fox Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Rockford

Tract 17201003601 · Winnebago County, IL · pop 1,968 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 17201003601 in the Fox Hills area of Rockford, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,968. Cost burden runs 27% here against 44.4% across Winnebago County.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 7% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units737
Renter share10.2%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$90,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fox Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#45 of 54 tracts In Rockford
Very Low
Within county
27 th percentile
Rank, 27th percentileLowHigh
#59 of 80 tracts In Winnebago County
Low
Within state
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#2,708 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Rockford and the region

Centroid at 42.3044, -89.1419 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fox Hills scores 3.2

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
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,006 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Fox Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fox Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 0036014.0Rockfordparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county5.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fox Hills

Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 2/10. Against the Winnebago County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points.

Running cool, economic stress reads 2.8/10. 8% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 13% of average household income of $90,125, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler. Average gross rent is $1,006, close to the Rockford average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 17201003601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17201003601?

Census tract 17201003601 in the Fox Hills neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 17201003601?

Median gross rent is $1,006/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17201003601?

11.1% of residents in tract 17201003601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,968.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17201003601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 31th, minority 37th, housing 48th.
Q5

Is tract 17201003601 considered part of Fox Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17201003601 fall within Fox Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17201003601 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.1% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17201003601 compare to Rockford overall?

Tract 17201003601 scores 3.2/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 17201003601 historically redlined?

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