Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #46,312 of 84,120 nationally
Bull Creek Terrace Eviction Risk: Lower , Beach Park
Tract 17097860600 · Lake County, IL · pop 8,130 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 17097860600 covers Bull Creek Terrace in Beach Park in Illinois. Home to 8,130 residents, it scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 72nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,049 a month while the average household earns $57,356 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units3,111
Renter share27.2%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$57,356
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Beach Park and the region
Centroid at 42.4245, -87.8200 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bull Creek Terrace scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Beach Park
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,049 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Beach Park
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Beach Park
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Beach Park
6.8
How Bull Creek Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bull Creek Terrace. 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.
- 19.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.8%Food insecurity
- 22.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.6%Transit barriers
- 17.3%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bull Creek Terrace
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 7.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Beach Park, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lake County average of 5.3 and above the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 92nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097860600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097860600?
Census tract 17097860600 in the Bull Creek Terrace neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 17097860600?
Median gross rent is $1,049/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097860600?
15.6% of residents in tract 17097860600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,130.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097860600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 93th, minority 74th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 17097860600 considered part of Bull Creek Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17097860600 fall within Bull Creek Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 17097860600 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.9% 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. 11.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 17097860600 compare to Beach Park overall?
Tract 17097860600 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Beach Park at 4.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Beach Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Beach Park
Top eight tracts in Beach Park ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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