Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Brighton Ponds Eviction Risk: Elevated , Zion
Tract 17097860106 · Lake County, IL · pop 2,996 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 17097860106 in the Brighton Ponds area of Zion, IL reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,184
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$89,615
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Zion and the region
Centroid at 42.4795, -87.8737 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brighton Ponds scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Zion
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Zion
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Zion
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Zion
7.0
How Brighton Ponds compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%Housing & transportation
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.
- 20.5%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.6%Food insecurity
- 19.2%SNAP enrollment
- 11.0%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brighton Ponds
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.4/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10.
Against the Lake County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Average gross rent is $1,003, 15% below the Zion average. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $89,615, annual rent is just 13%.
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. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 43% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097860106
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097860106?
Census tract 17097860106 in the Brighton Ponds 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 17097860106?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097860106?
5.6% of residents in tract 17097860106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,996.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097860106?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 77th, minority 84th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 17097860106 considered part of Brighton Ponds?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17097860106 fall within Brighton Ponds (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17097860106 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.5% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17097860106 compare to Zion overall?
Tract 17097860106 scores 6/10, right in line with the parent city of Zion at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Zion; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Zion
Top eight tracts in Zion ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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