Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Buffalo Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 17097864518 · Lake County, IL · pop 5,148 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Buffalo Grove
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 17097864518 (Buffalo Grove, Illinois) comes in at 4.1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 14% of US census tracts.
About 5% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,355 a month while the average household earns $188,384 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,801
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate1.4%
Median income$188,384
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
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 42.1731, -87.9735 · 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
1.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,355 rent vs county FMR
8.4
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: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.3%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 10.9%Frequent mental distress
- 15.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Buffalo Grove
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 8.4/10. 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 5.1% 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 17097864518
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17097864518?
Census tract 17097864518 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 17097864518?
Median gross rent is $2,355/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 5% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 17097864518?
1.4% of residents in tract 17097864518 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,148.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 17097864518?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 20th, minority 46th, housing 25th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 17097864518 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.
Q6
How does tract 17097864518 compare to Buffalo Grove overall?
Tract 17097864518 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
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Woodland Chase
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · IL
17097864519
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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