Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Buffalo Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17097864516 · Lake County, IL · pop 4,307 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Buffalo Grove
Tract 17097864516, home to 4,307 residents in Buffalo Grove, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 12th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
7% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,803 a month against an average household income of $142,083 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,529
Renter share5.6%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$142,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
4
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Buffalo Grove and the region
Centroid at 42.1620, -87.9758 · click any tract to drill in
Why Buffalo Grove scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
6.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.2
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,803 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Buffalo Grove
3.7
How Buffalo Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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.
- 5.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.4%Food insecurity
- 4.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.7%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 11.4%Frequent mental distress
- 18.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buffalo Grove
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Buffalo Grove eviction risk, 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 5.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 11th 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 17097864516
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097864516?
Census tract 17097864516 in Buffalo Grove 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 average rent in tract 17097864516?
Median gross rent is $1,803/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 7% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097864516?
3.0% of residents in tract 17097864516 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,307.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097864516?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 28th, minority 54th, housing 27th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097864516 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.8% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 17097864516 compare to Buffalo Grove overall?
Tract 17097864516 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Buffalo Grove at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Buffalo Grove eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Buffalo Grove
Top eight tracts in Buffalo Grove ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · IL
Hidden Creek
2.7
/ 10 · Low
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17097864523
2.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · IL
17031803013
1.7
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
17031803010
1.4
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
Prairie View
1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
The Townes at Barclay
1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
17097864519
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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Woodland Chase
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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