Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Vernon Hills Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17097863904 · Lake County, IL · pop 6,662 · 61% of tract blocks fall in Vernon Hills
Tract 17097863904, home to 6,662 residents in Vernon Hills, scores 4.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #54,176 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $185,114 a year. About 1% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 70% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units2,137
Renter share1.0%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$185,114
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Vernon Hills and the region
Centroid at 42.2570, -87.9675 · click any tract to drill in
Why Vernon Hills scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Vernon Hills
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Vernon Hills
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Vernon Hills
7.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Vernon Hills
4.1
How Vernon Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 5.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.5%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 10.7%Frequent mental distress
- 15.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Vernon Hills
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.2/10. 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 Vernon Hills, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Lake County average of 5.3 and below the Illinois statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 17097863904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097863904?
Census tract 17097863904 in Vernon Hills scores 1.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 17097863904?
1.3% of residents in tract 17097863904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,662.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097863904?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 39th, minority 52th, housing 7th.
Q4
What share of households in tract 17097863904 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.1% 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. 3.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q5
How does tract 17097863904 compare to Vernon Hills overall?
Tract 17097863904 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Vernon Hills at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Vernon Hills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Vernon Hills
Top eight tracts in Vernon Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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